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Surgical and Medical Management of Pterygium Ashok Garg, Essam El Toukhy, Belquiz A Nassaralla, Sunil Moreker

CHAPTER 1:Pterygium: An Overview
- INTRODUCTION
  - Trends in Treatment Modalities of Pterygium
CHAPTER 2:Pterygium: Descriptive Nomenclature of the Past
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER 3:Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Classification of Pterygium
- ETIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
  - Pathophysiology
  - Classification
CHAPTER 4:Pathogenesis of Pterygium—Molecular, Genetic and Immunologic Considerations
- INTRODUCTION
  - Pathogenesis
- SUMMARY
CHAPTER 5:Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Pterygium
- INTRODUCTION
  - Clinical Signs and Symptoms
CHAPTER 6:Pterygium: Differential Diagnosis
- INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 7:Current Concepts in Treatment of Pterygium— An Evidence Based Review
- MANAGEMENT OF PTERYGIUM
CHAPTER 8:Role of Lidocaine Gel (2%) in Pterygium Surgery
CHAPTER 9:Free Conjunctival Autograft for Primary and Recurrent Pterygia
- INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 10:Fibrin Sealant and Conjunctival Autograft in Pterygium
CHAPTER 11:Mitomycin C in the Management of Pterygium
- INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 12:Management of Recurrent Pterygia
- INTRODUCTION
  - Surgical Excision
  - Adjunctive Therapy
CHAPTER 13:Pterygium Surgery: An Update
- INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 14:Medical Management of Pterygium
- ADJUNCT THERAPY FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS
CHAPTER 15:Beta Therapy in the Treatment of Surfocular Pterygium
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RAYS AND RADIOACTIVE “RAYS”
- RADIOACTIVE APPLICATORS
- CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BETA THERAPY
- CLINICAL RESULTS
  - Complications and Recurrences
  - Personal Experience
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 16:Pterygium: Evolution of the Medical and Surgical Treatments
- ANCIENT MEDICAL TREATMENTS
- ANCIENT SURGICAL TREATMENTS
- NEW MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENTS
- ADDITIONS TO THE SIMPLE EXCISION
CHAPTER 17:Indocyanine Green Angiography in Pterygium
- INTRODUCTION
  - Why Angiography?
  - Method
- NORMAL ANGIOGRAPHY OF THE CONJUNCTIVA8
- ANGIOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN PTERYGIUM 8
- ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS FOLLOWING CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOGRAFTING 8
  - Angiographic Findings in Amniotic Membrane Graft after Pterygium Excision10
- MOREKER– KATARIA GRADING OF VASCULARIZATION AND TREATMENT IN PTERYGIUM
  - A. Preoperative
  - B. Postoperative
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 18:Optical Considerations of Pterygium
- INTRODUCTION
  - Changes on Corneal Surface
    - Theories for Cause of the Astigmatism 1,2
  - Visual Symptoms
- EXAMINATION
CHAPTER 19:Application of the Amniotic Membrane in Ocular Surface Pathology
- HISTORY
- HISTOLOGY
- IMMUNOLOGY
- EXTRACTION AND PRESERVATION
- CLINICAL PROPERTIES
- INDICATIONS
- LIMITATIONS
- SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
CHAPTER 20:DALK in the Management of Recurrent Pterygium and Complications of Pterygium Surgery
- OPTIONS IN RECURRENT PTERYGIUM
CHAPTER 21:Phototherapeutic Keratectomy (PTK)
- INTRODUCTION
- RECURRENT EROSION
  - Summary
- ANISOMETROPIA DUE TO IATROGENICALLY-PRODUCED REFRACTIVE ERRORS
  - Treatment
  - Conclusion
- KERATOCONUS
- ASTIGMATISM
  - Conclusion
- CORNEAL SCARS
  - Evaluation
  - Treatment
- CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES
  - Conclusion
- BAND KERATOPATHY
  - Conclusion
- PTERYGIUM
  - Conclusion
- SUMMARY
CHAPTER 22:Stem Cell Surgery in Ophthalmology
- INTRODUCTION
- LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY
- LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
- PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION
- SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR LIMBAL ALLOGRAFT
  - From Cadaver Eye
  - From Live Related Donor
- RECIPIENT EYE
- AMNIOGRAFT
- SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR LIMBAL AUTOGRAFT
- LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION WITH KERATOPLASTY
- LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION WITH AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFT
- POSTOPERATIVE COURSE
- POSTOPERATIVE DRUG THERAPY
- SUCCESS RATES
- RECENT ADVANCES
  - Transplantation of Ex Vivo Expanded Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells
  - Gene Therapy
- KEY POINTS
CHAPTER 23:Cultured Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation
- INTRODUCTION
- WHAT ARE LIMBAL STEM CELLS
- WHAT IS LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY (LSCD)
- CAUSES OF LSCD
CHAPTER 24:Recurrent Pterygium— An Update
- ASSESSMENT OF RECURRENT CASES
- MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
- SURGICAL EXCISION WITH ADJUVANT TREATMENTS
CHAPTER 25:Pterygium and Pinguecula Surgery: Next Day Cosmetic Outcomes (The Future of Ocular Surface Surgery)
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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