Dr. Sachin Arya, A15092, Dr. Ashok Kumar Meena, Dr.Bhushan Ghodke, Dr. Parmar Gautam Singh
AIM:To evaluate efficacy of newer Releasable suture technique(RST) for Pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft.
METHODS:Retrospective review of records of 150 patients with primary pterygium who underwent pterygium excision by RST in last 1 year was done.Surgical duration noted.Suture released on first post-operative day.Outcome studied were patient comfort,graft apposition,complications and recurrence.
RESULTS:Mean age of patients was 39.65 ± 11.85 years.58.7% were females.60% pterygium were of Grade 2.Mean surgical time was 4.84±1.34 minutes.No complications occurred with nil recurrence.
CONCLUSION: RST offers simple alternative that combines gold standard technique of conjunctival autograft with exclusion of suture related complications .