Volume : VI, Issue : V, May - 2016

STUDY OF TEAR FILM STATUS IN Preoperative AND POSTOPERATIVE CASES OF PROGRESSIVE PTERYGIUM

Dr. Ajit Kamalakar Joshi, Dr. Sakshi Patil, Dr. Akshay Devendra Parashar, Dr. Anil N. Kulkarni

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<p> T Purpose– To evaluate the tear film status by doing TBUT,Schirmer’s and TMH tests before and after surgeries in cases of progressive pterygium. Methods– 100 eyes of 100 patients suffering from progressive pterygium were evaluated for dry eye before surgery by doing TBUT,Schirmer’s and TMH tests. Patients underwent pterygium excision and post surgery 3 months and 6 months same tests were repeated. Results– In 88 patients (grade 1) pterygium did not reccur. In 12 patients (grade 2) pterygium reccured after surgery. In group 1 TBUT and Schirmer’s both improved after 3 and 6 months. TMH was marginally affected in both group 1 while in group 2, TBUT, Schirmer’s and TMH deteriorated after 6 months. Conclusions– Abnormal tear film functions are associated with pterygium. Pterygium excision improved tear film functions but they deteriorated again with recurrence of pterygium, therefore we inferred that surgical removal of pterygium alleviates pterygium related DES.</p>

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Dr. Ajit Karmalakar Joshi, Dr. Sakshi Patil, Dr. Akshay Devendra Parashar, Dr. Anil N. Kulkarni STUDY OF TEAR FILM STATUS IN PTEOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE CASES OF PROGRESSIVE PTERYGIUM Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.6, Issue : 5 MAY 2016

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