Pterygium is a simple ocular surface disorder, and an operation to remove pterygium is in the category of minor surgery. But the recurrence rate of pterygium is high and, no matter what type of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recently a colleague referred a patient with a pterygium extending 2 mm onto the cornea (see “before” photo) ...

To compare the surgical results, complications, and recurrence rates of primary pterygium excision with conjunctival autografts (CA) vs platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) grafts. Although the PRF has been ...

The authors performed a retrospective review of all of their cases of surgery for recurrent pterygia from October 2005 to November 2008. All patients had previously undergone at least 1 pterygium ...

This prospective study included 54 eyes with primary nasal pterygia that underwent pterygium surgery with a bare-sclera technique and intraoperative mitomycin C application. Patients were randomized ...

A pterygium is a raised growth in the surface of the eye (the conjunctiva) made mostly of collagen and tiny red capillaries. They are usually caused by extended exposure to sunlight. They may remain ...

Cloudbreak Pharma is riding the wave of new survey results highlighting patients’ desire for a new treatment option for the ocular disease pterygium—say, like the drug that Cloudbreak, coincidentally, ...

Surfer’s eye, or pterygium as it’s known scientifically, may seem like an obscure disorder, one which affects only the saltiest of elder surfers at your local break and is commonly recognized by its ...

MKIs uniquely block multiple receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) simultaneously, addressing the inflammatory, vascular, and ...

HUNDREDS of people gathered yesterday at the Community Hospital of Seventh-day Adventists in Cocorite as members of the public sought access to free cataract and pterygium surgeries being offered thro ...

Company to showcase its Multi Kinase Inhibitor (MKI) platform and late-stage clinical programs in pterygium and pinguecula ...

Surfer’s eye, or pterygium as it’s known scientifically, may seem like an obscure disorder, one which affects only the saltiest of elder surfers at your local break and is commonly recognized by its ...