title: Conjunctival-limbal autograft, amniotic membrane transplantation, and intraoperative mitomycin C for primary pterygium.
abstract: We evaluated and compared the safety and efficacy of the conjunctival-limbal autograft, amniotic membrane transplantation, and intraoperative application of mitomycin C in 94 patients undergoing primary pterygium surgery and concluded that conjunctival-limbal autografting and amniotic membrane methods were more effective and safer than intraoperative mitomycin C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, TR-21280, Turkey. ukeklikci@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keklikci
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Sevin Soker
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Cakmak
authors.forename: M Kaan
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Unlu
authors.forename: Bagdagul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bilek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000650:Amnion / Q000637:transplantation*; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000637:transplantation*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D016850:Limbus Corneae; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011625:Pterygium / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D016685:Mitomycin