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. 2007 Jan:31 Suppl 1:45-7.

Ultraviolet light and pterygium

Sandra Sekelj  1 , Iva Dekaris, Edita Kondza-Krstonijević, Nikica Gabrić, Jurica Predović, Sanja Mitrović
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  • PMID: 17469749

Ultraviolet light and pterygium

Sandra Sekelj et al. Coll Antropol. 2007 Jan.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of ultraviolet light (UV) as a causal factor of primary and pterygium recurrence. A conjuctival autograft transplantation was a surgical method of pterygium treatment. In the first group (38 eyes) were patients with primary and recurrent pterygium exposed to sun (worked outdoors), evaluating geodemographic status, and in the second group (20 eyes) were patients who were not. During 6-12 months of follow up recurrence rate after surgical removal was 27% in the first group and 10% in the second one. UV light seems to have an important role in cause of primary and recurrent pterygium.

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