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 . Recently a colleague referred a patient with a pterygium extending 2 mm onto the cornea (see “before” photo) ...

The sizes of the pterygia were not an inclusion or exclusion criteria in this series of cases. 1 It included patients who had one, two and three previous pterygium excision surgeries. It also included ...

A pterygium is a triangular or wedge shaped growth that develops on the conjunctiva of the eye and grows onto the cornea. The conjunctiva is the clear, thin membrane that covers the white of the eye.