title: [Conjunctival autograft transplantation in primary pterygium].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the use of conjunctival autograft transplantation in the treatment of primary pterygium.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective study of 230 patients (230 eyes), with primary pterygium, who underwent conjunctival autograft as a treatment option for recurrent pterygium. The minimal follow-up was 12 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We observed a recurrency rate of 2.17%, 0.43% had loss of graft.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Conjunctival transplant is a procedure that rarely brings any complication. However, the literature on the results leads to new clinical and randomized, studies, in order to evaluate the responses of the conjunctival autograft transplant as related to the other surgical techniques for pterygium.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo.
authors.forename: Aisa Haidar
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Lani
authors.forename: Luiz Alexandre
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011625:Pterygium / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome