To describe the epidemiology of pterygium among residents of an island in Indonesia and to examine the roles of age and gender as determinants of bilaterality and severity of the disease. Voluntary ...

This is a prospective, observational, case–control study. Cases were defined as patients with primary pterygium who had unilateral amblyopia with eccentric fixation. Controls were age-matched patients ...

Pterygium surgery is a procedure performed to remove noncancerous conjunctiva gro w ths (pterygia) from the eye. The conjunctiva is the clear tissue covering the white part of the eye and the inside ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pterygium is a degenerative condition of the ocular surface. The growth is known to cause issues such as visual ...

Management of pterygium can be a challenging problem, especially with recurrence of the lesion after surgical excision. The underlying multifactorial processes that appear to play a role in pterygium ...