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Title	Pterygium removal associated with conjunctival allograft: post operative results.
Abstract Nr.	1060

Purpose	To determine the recurrence rate of pterygium after surgical removal associated with conjunctival allograft at the same time
Methods	Retrospective study on fourty one eyes in 37 patients from different ethnics underwent the procedure of pterygium removal between 2011 and 2014. Minimum follow-up : 6 months, maximum follow-up: 3 years. One eye had recurrent pterygia but never underwent conjunctival allograft and 40 eyes had primary pterygium. After resection, they all underwent conjunctival allograft during the same operative time. Measurements of the pterygium were taken before the surgery with the same slit lamp. Pre and post operative data, recurrence rate and loss of conjunctival graft are analysed
Results	During mean follow-up period, 3 recurrences and 3 lost grafts were observed. All recurrences occured concomitantly with the allograft loss and within 3 months. Recurrence rate of pterygium resection associated with conjunctival allograft in this series was 7,3 %.
Conclusion	Surgical removal of pterygium associated with conjunctival allograft is effective to reduce its recurrence. Other procedures have shown higher recurrence rates.

Authors 1

Last name	COUTEL-DARRIEU
Initials	MCD
Department	Hopital saint-luc, clinique universitaire
City	Bruxelles

Authors 2

Last name	Chaves-pinheiro
Initials	ACP
Department	Saint-luc hospital
City	Bruxelles