Clinical outcomes of silk sutures versus nylon sutures for suturing of conjunctival autograft in pterygium surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pterygium.Pterygium
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016100230080N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellorfor research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
primary nasal pterygium; age 18 years or older and able to co-operate in surgery under local anesthesia
Exclusion criteria: recurrent pterygium, temporal or double-head pterygia, scarred superior conjunctiva, previous surgery involving the superior bulbar conjunctiva, history of glaucoma, and/or cicatricial ocular surface disease
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in VAS score between the two groups. Timepoint: One day after surgery and one week after surgery and two weeks after surgery. Method of measurement: Visual analogue scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Graft hyperaemia, graft dehiscence, graft edema, suture loosening and recurrence. Timepoint: First day and first week and first month and third and sixth months after surgery. Method of measurement: Clinical examination and slit photography.