An Individualized Surgical Approach for the Management of Recurrent Pterygium: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This case highlights the complexity of managing highly refractory, recurrent pterygium. Despite numerous prior surgeries by experienced anterior segment surgeons, the patient developed persistent fibrosis, symblepharon formation, and functional limitations. This underscores the need for a tailored, multidisciplinary approach, a strategy not widely documented in current literature.

Case presentation

Over 6 years, the patient underwent ten previous interventions, including conjunctivoplasty with ipsilateral free conjunctival flap and mitomycin C (MMC), amniotic membrane transplantation, symblepharolysis, and tenonplasty. The most recent surgery had been performed 6 months before referral to our clinic. Despite these attempts, each procedure was followed by signifi

SUBMITTER: Sokolenko E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12935456 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature