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Suggest Treatment For Pterygium In Eye Other Than Surgery

Hi, My name is uju, I m having pterygium in my right eye. It has been operated twice in 2011 but is still growing and really affecting my sight,i can t see clearly with my right eye. Please I need your help, what else can I do apart from surgery. Thank you.
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treatment of pterigium is resection should be fine lamelar. recurence may be thereprevention of recurance depends on technique of surgery and followup torecord recurence. technique like mini conjuctival technique, or scraping by forcep and applying mitmycin ointment or expouser to ultraviolet rays seems to give good result. you can consult and select a different hospital fosuch or other new procedure.
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Suggest Treatment For Pterygium In Eye Other Than Surgery

treatment of pterigium is resection should be fine lamelar. recurence may be thereprevention of recurance depends on technique of surgery and followup torecord recurence. technique like mini conjuctival technique, or scraping by forcep and applying mitmycin ointment or expouser to ultraviolet rays seems to give good result. you can consult and select a different hospital fosuch or other new procedure.