BACKGROUND

A prospective, randomised case–control study conducted at a tertiary level eye care center Government General Hospital, Vijayawada between Oct 2016 and Sep 2017 to compare the outcomes of Conjunctival Autograft (CAG) with sutures and CAG with patients’ own blood acting as a bioadhesive in treating pterygium after surgical excision.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Twenty eyes of 50 patients with pterygium were randomly divided into 2 groups– group I (25eyes) underwent CAG with the patients’ own blood coagulum acting as a bio–adhesive or fixative and group II underwent CAG with sutures (25 eyes). Any ocular surface disorders, cataract, pseudopterygium, previous surgery and positive HIV and Hep B were excluded.

RESULTS

Time for the surgery was compared. Patients were then closely followed up for a period of 6 months for anatomy, outcomes of graft, recurrence rate, graft displacement, retraction, Inflammatory   reaction  or any other complications.

CONCLUSION

Study shows that autologous fibrin in blood is a useful alternative method for graft fixation.