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Chapter-09 Pterygium: Etiology and Management

BOOK TITLE: Atlas and Text of Corneal Pathology and Surgery

Author
1. Barraquer Rafael I
2. Charoenrook Victor K
ISBN
9789962678335
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11349_9
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2011
Pages
18
Author Affiliations
1. Barraquer Opthalmology Center, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, Joaquín Barraquer Chair for Eye Research, (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Barraquer Institute, Barcelona, Spain, IUB – UAB, Barcelona, Spain, Institut Universitari Barraquer, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Muntaner, 314, 08021-Barcelona, Spain
2. Barraquer Ophthalmology Center Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Oftalmologia Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

Despite of being one of the oldest known ocular conditions – possibly since about three millennia, according to the Susruta Samitha´s manuscript, and the subject of one of the ophthalmic surgical procedures most frequently performed throughout the world, pterygium still poses a disturbing therapeutic challenge. The main complication of pterygium management remains its often pertinacious tendency to recur. A clear understanding of pterygium pathogenesis and the recognition of the clinical features that indicate risk of recidival are the basis for its successful management.

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