Authors: Alejandro Tello 1,2,3,4; Alejandra Paula Navarro 2,3; Angelica Pedraza-Concha 2,4; J. Villamizar Sylvia 1,2,3; Virgilio Galvis 1,2,3 Authors‘ workplace: Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis, Floridablanca, Colombia 1; Departament of Ophthalmology, Fundacion Oftalmologica de Santander, FOSCAL, Floridablanca, Colombia 2; Faculty of Health, Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad Autónoma, de Bucaramanga UNAB, Bucaramanga, Colombia 3; Faculty of Health, Department of Surgery, Universidad Industrial de, Santander UIS, Bucaramanga, Colombia 4 Published in: Čes. a slov. Oftal., 81, 2025, No. 3, p. 1-10 Category: Review doi: https://doi.org/10.31348/2025/6
Aims: This study was planned to explore the efficacy of autologous blood as a stabilizing agent for graft surgery in pterygium.
Material and Methods: For this observational, non-comparative, interventional study, the hospital data of patients who underwent pterygium surgery with autografting using autologous blood between October 2021 to March 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The graft stability post-surgery and recurrence was studied. There were 37 eyes of 37 patients undergoing pterygium surgery with autograft using autologous serum. The mean age was 53.5 ±10.10 years.
Results: Pterygium included were nasal sided primary grade 3 pterygium, double-head pterygium and recurrent pterygium. Postoperatively, there were 4 cases of graft loss (10.8%). The mean time of follow up was 1.8 ±1.4 months (range 1 to 5 months). There was no recurrence seen in patients with graft intact.
Conclusion: Autologous blood is a good and cost-effective stabilizing agent for graft surgery in pterygium.
sleep – Cornea – keratoconus – asymmetric keratoconus – sleeping behavior
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