Optimal time for postoperative irradiation of pterygia.
A prospective study of the optimal time for postoperative beta irradiation of pterygia in 54 eyes of 54 patients suggested that immediate postoperative irradiation, given as a single dose of 2000 rad, was associated with a lower rate of recurrence than a similar dose given 4 days postoperatively. The authors suggest that patients with recurrent pterygia, selected to have postoperative beta radiation, receive the radiation as a single dose of 2000 rad at the end of the surgical procedure.
Aswad
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MI
Department of Ophthalmology, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.
Baum
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D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011625:Pterygium / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012008:Recurrence