Polyglactin Sutures Versus Nylon Sutures for Suturing of Conjunctival Autograft in Pterygium Surgery: a Randomised Controlled Trial

Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pterygium

Treatments: Procedure: Polyglactin sutures for suturing of conjunctival autograft in pterygium surgery; Procedure: Nylon sutures for suturing of conjunctival autograft in pterygium surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00391573

HARECCTR0500063

KC/KE-05-0008

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the use of polyglactin sutures versus nylon sutures for conjunctival autograft suturing in pterygium surgery.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inclusion criteria included patients with primary nasal pterygium, aged 18 years or older, and able to cooperate surgery under local anaesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with recurrent pterygium, scarred superior conjunctiva, previous surgery involving the superior bulbar conjunctiva, history of glaucoma, and cicatricial ocular surface disease were excluded

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind