Textbook of Pterygium Management with Dvd-rom - 1st Edition

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This book provides an opportunity to view and learn techniques such as extensive tenectomy, narrow strip conjunctival autograft, sandwich technique, autologous blood, mini-flap technique and minor ipsilateral simple limbal epithelial transplantation (mini-SLET) Despite the advances, challenges still persist in the management recurrent pterygium. The techniques described in this book for the management of the recurrent pterygium include conjunctival excision with limbal conjunctival autograft with or without mitomycin C/ amniotic membrane graft, combined ipsilateral autologous limbus and homologous amniotic membrane transplantation for recurrent symblepharopterygium and ?sealing the gap?. Discusses the current understanding of the pterygium etiopathogenesis and its management protocols including the ways to deal with the complications following surgeryInvolves the chapters on surgical management of primary and recurrent pterygia with 12 case-based videos on the surgical techniques by leading experts. These videos provide the details of finest aspects of surgical technique, enhanced with voice-over, and are especially useful for budding ophthalmologists and the cornea surgeons alike to replicate the surgical steps of their respective patients Offers the detailed step-by-step management for most surgical techniques described by the innovators including combined ipsilateral autologous limbus and homologous amniotic membrane transplantation for recurrent symblepharopterygium, sealing the gap, sandwich technique for use fo glue for autograft, minor ipsilateral simple limbal epithelial transplantation (mini-SLET), mini flap technique with inferior conjuctival autografting and narrow strip conjuctival autograft amongst others.