OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the outcome of free conjuctival autograft in @entity1 with grades III and IV @entity18550 and to determine the post-operative recurrence rate. DESIGN: A prospective descriptive study. SETTING: Menelik II Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. @entity1 : Thirty four @entity1 , 32 with primary and two with recurrent @entity18550 . INTERVENTION: A superficial Keratectomy extending beyond the @entity2687 all around and sufficiently deep to Bowman's layer to produce a perfectly clear cornea in the excised area followed by suture a free conjuctival autograft on the excised area. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Improvement in visual acuity and recurrence rate of @entity18550 at follow up. RESULTS: Of the 32 @entity1 followed up, the visual acuity remained the same on eight and improved in 24 cases. There were no intraoperative complications. @entity18550 recurred in two @entity1 between three and four months postoperatively. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that a free conjuctival autograft in the management of stage III and IV @entity18550 is a useful operation resulting in a very low recurrence rate of the pathology.

Free conjunctival autograft in the management of advanced primary and recurrent XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity18550 :: ('MESH:C535844', 'Disease') :: ['Pterygia', 'pterygia'] @entity2687 :: ('MESH:D003316', 'Disease') :: ['corneal lesion']
@entity18550 :: (MESH:C535844,Disease) :: ['pterygia']
