One hundred thirty four eyes of one hundred twenty patients were operated for
pterygium using bare scleral technique. In sixty eight eyes adjunctive use of single
intraoperative application of mitomycin C 0.02% for five minutes was performed. In
forty six eyes adjunctive postoperative mitomycin C 0.02% was instilled on eye twice
daily for five days. In twenty eyes surgery was performed followed by instillation of
normal saline "placebo" twice daily for five days.
Follow-up period ranged between 7.2 months up to 15.5 months "mean 12.1
months". The recurrence rate was significantly high in the third group "45% and nearly
similar in the first and second groups: "5.9 and 6.5% respectively". However the rate of
complications was higher in the second group. |
