Treatment of (recurrent) pterygium oculi by lamellar keratoplasty.
Apart from cosmetic problems, pterygium oculi can cause functional disturbances, especially when it recurs after (repeated) operative removal: diplopia and/or reduced visual acuity. The results we obtained with the treatment of these functional disturbances by various types of lamellar keratoplasty in 20 patients (22 eyes) are good.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011625:Pterygium / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014792:Visual Acuity