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Micro-Conjunctival Autografting Combined With Amniotic Membrane Transplantation Treating Recurrent Pterygium Trial

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Recurrent Pterygium
Micro-Conjunctival Autografting Combined With Amniotic Membrane Transplantation
Interventions
Procedure: Micro-Conjunctival Autograft Combined with Amniotic Membrane Transplantation
Procedure: Conventional Autologous Conjunctival Transplantation
Registration Number
NCT05362253
Lead Sponsor
Yifeng Yu
Brief Summary

To observe the effect of micro-conjunctival autografting combined with amniotic membrane transplantation on the postoperative recurrence, complications and ocular surface symptoms among patients with recurrent pterygium.

Detailed Description

Recurrent pterygium is a common postoperative complication of pterygium surgery, the postoperative recurrence rate is about 1.44% and needs careful treatment. At present, surgical is the main and most effective treatment of recurrent pterygium. Among various surgical methods, autologous conjunctival transplantation is regarded as the first choice in normal conditions. However, the scope of conjunctival transplantation is positively correlated with the degree of ocular surface damage. Therefore, our research aimed to use micro conjunctival transplantation(1.5mm×3.0mm) to reconstruct limbal conjunctiva and amniotic membrane to cover the whole pterygium resection area to better protect conjunctival sac and ocular surface.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  1. age⩾18;
  2. relapsed after pterygium surgery once;
  3. invading the cornea 2.00~5.00mm.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. having obvious severe systemic organic diseases and mental diseases;
  2. In lactation or pregnancy or planned pregnancy;
  3. combined with eye diseases such as severe eyelid insufficiency, dry eye, chemical injury of cornea and conjunctiva, etc.;
  4. used drugs that may affect the growth and metabolism of corneal epithelium within four weeks before inclusion in the study;
  5. received pterygium surgery twice or more.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
experimental groupMicro-Conjunctival Autograft Combined with Amniotic Membrane TransplantationThe experimental group received micro-conjunctival autograft combined with amniotic membrane transplantation.
control groupConventional Autologous Conjunctival TransplantationThe control group received given routine autologous conjunctival transplantation.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes of grade of conjunctival hyperplasiaDay 0#3#7 and14, Month 1#3 and 6.

Grade 1, no significant difference from normal eyes (no recurrence); Grade 2, a little episcleral vessels in the pterygium excision area, which extends to the corneoscleral limbus but does not exceed, and there is no fibrous tissue hyperplasia (no recurrence); Grade 3, having proliferative fibrous tissue in the resection area, which does not exceed the limbus (no recurrence); Grade 4, the cornea is invaded by proliferative fibrous tissue, and this grade is true pterygium recurrence (recurrence).

Changes of Schirmer test IDay 0#3#7 and14, Month 1#3 and 6.

5-minute Schirmer test I

Changes of ocular surface symptom scoresDay 0#3#7 and14, Month 1#3 and 6.

Include dryness, burning, foreign body and pain sensation. The full score of each symptom is 100 points, with a score of 0 reflecting no discomfort, 100 was considered as the maximum discomfort.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes of corneal epithelial repair timeDay 0#3#7 and14, Month 1#3 and 6.

Corneal fluorescein sodium staining was applied to assess the epithelial repair after operation.

Changes of visual acuityDay 0#3#7 and14, Month 1#3 and 6.

To observe the changes of visual acuity around operation.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

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Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

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