Comparison Between Sutureless and Glue Free Versus Sutured Limbal Conjunctival Autograft in Primary Pterygium Surgery

Shaaban Elwan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pterygium

Treatments: Procedure: Sutured limbal conjunctival autograft; Procedure: Sutureless and glue free limbal conjunctival autograft

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02009072

Pterygium Surgery

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pterygium is a common ocular pathology facing ophthalmologists that has varied surgical management techniques and high rate of post-operative recurrence. The investigators aim was to compare and evaluate the safety and efficacy outcomes of those two surgical procedures in management of primary pterygium.

Full description

Design: Prospective randomized clinical trial comparative study. Setting: Department of ophthalmology, Al-Minia University Faculty of medicine, Egypt.

Methods: The study included 150 eyes of 150 patients of primary pterygium. Twenty four to 74 years of age (mean 49 ± 12 years). Simple excision under local anesthesia was performed then closure of the bare sclera by sutureless and glue free conjunctival autograft in 50 eyes of 50 patients (group 1), versus sutured free conjunctival autograft in 100 eyes of 100 patients (group 2).

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 24 to 74 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients complaining of primary pterygium with eye redness. Patients with pterygium threatening the visual axis.

Exclusion criteria

All cases not completed the follow up period for two years. Atrophic pterygium, pseudopterygium or double head pterygium.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

Sutured limbal conjunctival autograft

Experimental group

Description:

Sutured limbal conjunctival autograft was done for patients of group 2 after pterygium excision

Treatment:

Procedure: Sutured limbal conjunctival autograft

Suturless and glue free Limbal conjuctival autograft

Experimental group

Description:

Sutureless and glue free Limbal conjunctival autograft was done for patients of group 1 after pterygium excision

Treatment:

Procedure: Sutureless and glue free limbal conjunctival autograft