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1Department of Ophthalmology and External Eye Disease Clinic, Rabin Medical Center (Golda Campus), Petah Tiqva and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. lavizar@bezeqint.net
Background:
The time to recurrence after surgical removal of primary pterygium (pterygium) and the association between the rate of recurrence and the postoperative interval remain unclear.
Objectives:
To determine the amount of follow-up time needed to identify recurrence in patients after surgical removal of pterygium.
Methods:
We reviewed the files of 143 patients (143 eyes) with recurrent pterygium to determine the interval from surgery to recurrence.
Results:
Almost all (91.6%) of the recurrences appeared by 360 days after surgery.
Conclusions:
One year is the optimal follow-up time to identify recurrence of pterygium.
