title: [Amniotic membrane transplantation and limbal autograft transplantation for patients with recurrent pterygium].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of amniotic membrane transplantation and limbal autograft transplantation for recurrent pterygium.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with recurrent pterygium underwent pterygia excision with amniotic membrane transplantation and limbal auto-graft transplantation. The condition of grafts, the corneal surface and the recurrent rate were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-eight patients (32 eyes) with recurrent pterygium underwent pterygia excision with amniotic membrane transplantation and limbal auto-graft transplantation. The mean time of corneal epithelial healing was 4.4 +/- 1.5 days. The recurrent rate was 12.5% with the mean follow-up of 7.6 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Amniotic membrane transplantation and limbal auto-graft transplantation can reduce the recurrence in patients with recurrent pterygium. The decompensation of the limbal stem cells should be considered to the severe patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The Peopleş Hospital of Yichun City, Yichun 336000, China.
authors.forename: Shaoyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Minrong
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000650:Amnion / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011625:Pterygium / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome