Pterygium Surgery.

Song, Cho Young; Yoon, Chong Woo

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1959;2(1):102-105.

Pterygium Surgery.

Cho Young Song, Chong Woo Yoon

Pterygium 수술에 (手術) 대한 (對) 소고 (小考)

송조영 (宋朝永) 윤정우 (尹正佑)

Abstract

The author operated 34 cases of pterygia by Newton's method, wihich combined Mc Raynold's transplantation with limbal incision, in these 34 case, 4 cases were recurred, and in other 2 cases, a few vessels only found on the operated area of the cornea. Among these 6 cases, one had trachoma, 3 had chronic cat conjunctivitis. Auther thinks that the chronic inflammation such as trachoma or chronic conjunctivitis is very important factor in the recurrence of pterygia. This fact also encourages the author who believes that the inflammation is rather more important factor in the etiology of the pterygia than the degensration.