Cosmetic outcome of femtosecond laser-assisted pterygium surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To examine the cosmetic outcome of femtosecond laser-assisted pterygium surgery (FLAPS) with conjunctival autograft (CAG) and its potential predictive factors.

Methods

This was a prospective interventional case series (NCT02866968). We included 29 patients (29 eyes) with primary pterygium who underwent FLAPS. Cosmetic outcome was graded by two graders (an ophthalmology resident and an experienced ophthalmologist) using Hirst classification system (1-4 = excellent-poor). Weighted Cohen's kappa analysis was performed to examine the intra- and inter-rater reliability. The relationship between cosmetic outcome and various factors were determined by Spearman's correlation coefficients (r).

Results

The preoperative severity of pterygium (Tan grading system) was m

SUBMITTER: Ting DSJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7936441 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature