TY - JOUR T1 - Comments on using fibrin glue in pterygium surgery JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 392 LP - 392 DO - 10.1136/bjo.2004.054031/10.1136/bjo.2004.056648 VL - 89 IS - 3 AU - L S Alvarenga Y1 - 2005/03/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/89/3/392.2.abstract N2 - I read with great interest the article by Koranyi and coworkers, who evaluated a new technique for pterygium surgery using a fibrin tissue adhesive (Tisseel Duo Quick).1 In their randomised trial the authors concluded that using the glue instead of sutures caused less postoperative pain and shortened the surgical time. Nevertheless, the timing of the randomisation is not clearly stated in their report. Whether or not the surgeon knew the patient’s group (sutures or fibrin glue) at the time of pterygium removal and conjunctival graft harvesting may have influenced the extent of the removal and the size of the … ER -