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[Adjuvant treatment with mitomycin eyedrops after pterygium excision: Ticino experience]
Aim Of The Study:
Prospective pilot-study in the canton of Ticino to evaluate the prevention of recurrence of pterygium after excision and mitomycin drops.
Methods:
Mitomycin 0.02% drops have been used from 6 to 10 days after 24 cases of corneoscleral excision of the pterygium.
Results:
After a mean observation time of 13 months, we did not see any recurrence. The vision was improved in 8 eyes over 21, was unchanged in 15 eyes and deteriorated in 1 eye due to unrelated causes. In two cases we observed a thinning of 0.3 mm deep over 1 mm2 of the sclera.
Conclusions:
The rate of recurrence after excision of the pterygium and followed by instillation of mitomycin drops is lower than the other described treatments. However, complications described in literature, yet not observed in our own study, underline the necessity of a prolonged perspective study.