Comparative study of intraoperative mitomycin C and β irradiation in pterygium surgery
- Department of Ophthalmology, United Christian Hospital, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Eye Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Eye Hospital, 147K Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Department of Ophthalmology, United Christian Hospital, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Eye Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Eye Hospital, 147K Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Department of Ophthalmology, United Christian Hospital, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Eye Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Eye Hospital, 147K Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Jimmy S M Lai jsmlai{at}netvigator.com
Editor,—We read with interest the study that compared intraoperative mitomycin C with β irradiation in primary pterygium surgery. The authors rightly commented that long term complications of β irradiation, such as scleral necrosis, may arise more than 10 years after the irradiation.Longer follow ups are necessary to reveal such complications.
We performed primary pterygium excision with intraoperative β irradiation in one eye of six patients between 1988 and 1990. A dose …
