IC-120 Pterygium Surgery and Management of Complications for the Comprehensive Ophthalmologist and Cornea Specialist | ASCRS
Session
IC-120 Pterygium Surgery and Management of Complications for the Comprehensive Ophthalmologist and Cornea Specialist
May 2023
Meeting: 2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Course Instructors: Arie L. Marcovich, MD, PhD; Allan R. Slomovic, MD, FRCS, MSc, ABO
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Course Description
Course will present via videos surgical techniques for the management of primary, recurrent and double-headed pterygia. Topics will include conjunctival and limbal autografts, use of fibrin glue, SLET (simple limbal epithelial transplantation), amniotic membrane grafts, application of mitomycin C, anesthesia, pre-cataract astigmatism and postoperative complications.

Educational Objective
Attendees will learn surgical techniques and use of fibrin glue in pterygium surgery with conjunctival autograft, limbal transplantation, SLET, management of recurrence, astigmatism, postoperative care, and complications.

2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting Instructional Courses

This 1.5 hour Instructional Course was recorded at the 2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, on May 5-8, 2023. 

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