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Please see Wikipedia:Technical terms and definitions and try to improve this article. Thanks. -- SueHay 02:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
The article discusses an eye problem but the photo, Image:Pterygium.jpg is of the mouth. Jidanni ( talk) 23:28, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
I do volunteer work at a free medical clinic in a border Mexican town. Our surgeries are often to remove these from the eyes. We do about 8 a month. A numbing shot is given in the inside crease in the lower lid, and then the doctor removes it with a scapel. And the rates are right -- we do about one woman per 10 men. The ages we've done since I've been there have been in the late 20s and in the 40s. The surgery is quick, with few side effects. To prevent these, it's best for those in hot dusty windy areas to wear sunglasses starting at an early age. Our clinic gives out sunglasses to as many eye patients as we have, to help prevent this. Also, use of eye drops seem to help prevent them. If it gets into the pupil area, it will grow in there and cause blindness. That is what I've learned so far. Thank you for letting me share this info with you folks! Zingingablenessedly ( talk) 04:03, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
"There is a new and effective treatment using Mitomycin .01% solution (Mobius makes a kit) to keep the Pterygium from recurring. Please do some further research before deciding to do some of these outdated procedures."
This content is unsupported and adopts an advisory rather than informational approach. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BeinnEighe ( talk • contribs) 01:33, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
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I have a conflict of interest regarding the Pterygium (conjunctiva) content, as I conduct surgery and research into Pterygium and have developed P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for Pterygium, a procedure which has been documented globally as having recurrence rates of 1 in 1000 compared to the standard procedure (conjunctival auto-grafting) recurrence rates of 1 in 10. To verify my content, I will also need to cite my own research. The research has been published in peer-reviewed journals. I therefore request your permission to add the following content.
1. Add new section "Pterygium Recurrence" - as a sub heading in the 'Conjunctival auto-grafting' section
=== Pterygium Recurrence ===
One of the risks of removal is pterygium recurrence and the need for further surgery. The risk of pterygium recurrence increases with subsequent surgeries.
Treatment | Risk of Recurrence | Recurrence Rate after subsequent recurrences |
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Conjunctival Auto-Grafting | 1 in 10 [1] | 1 in 8 [2] |
P.E.R.F.E.C.T for PTERYGIUM® | 1 in 1000 [3] | 0 in 111 [4] |
2. Add new content to conjunctival auto-grafting after the following sentence:
"One technique, Pterygium Extended Removal Followed by Extended Conjunctival Transplant (P.E.R.F.E.C.T for PTERYGIUM®) reduces the risk of recurrence in a first time removal to 1 in 1000."
New content request "It provides excellent cosmetic outcomes such that in 95% of patients the eye has a normal appearance and it is likely that the eye could not be recognized as having had surgery for pterygium. [5]
3. Add citation to the following sentence: Conjunctival auto-grafting is a surgical technique that is an effective and safe procedure for pterygium removal [6].
thank you and I look forward to your response Lawrence Hirst ( talk) 16:52, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
It appears that content at Pterygium § Pterygium of the eye should belong here as it is detailed information about the eye disorder and not generally about pterygium as a wing-like structure or disambiguation information. Facts707 ( talk) 10:19, 26 December 2021 (UTC)