Pterygium removal: knife excision versus modified evulsion technique.
Seventy-four pterygia were removed by knife excision (KE), and 85 using a modified evulsion technique (MET); follow up ranged from 6 months to 5 years (mean, 14 months). The recurrence rate with MET was 5.88%; with KE, 20.27%. This difference is statistically significant (p = .05).
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Department of Ophthalmology, Christian Medical College, Punjab, India.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000379:methods; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011625:Pterygium / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence