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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2609</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2019.11121</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A Comparative Study and Histopathological Evaluation of Pterygium Excision with Amniotic Membrane Grafts Transplantation with Fibrin Glue and Vicryl Suture&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ezhilvathani</surname><given-names>T. N.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Balamurugan</surname><given-names>S.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>19</day><month>06</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>2)</volume><issue/><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>6</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: To compare the clinical and the histopathological outcomes of fibrin glue versus vicryl sutures for fixing amniotic membrane grafts in patients undergoing pterygium excision.&#13;
Methods: The study was a randomized control study involving thirty patients with primary pterygium. All underwent pterygium surgery with amniotic membrane graft and every alternate patient had the graft secured with fibrin glue and 8 __ampersandsignlsquo;0__ampersandsignrsquo; vicryl sutures. Therefore 15 eyes had the grafts attached with fibrin glue and 15 eyes had it attached with 8 __ampersandsignlsquo;0__ampersandsignrsquo; vicryl suture in the recipient site. The patients were examined on 1st, 15th and 45th day to assess the patients comfort, duration of surgery, position of the graft and the histopathological examination of the edge of tissues on 1st and 15th day.&#13;
Results: Our results showed that amniotic membrane grafts are an effective alternative for conjunctival autografts in pterygium excision surgery in reducing inflammation and recurrence. The use of fibrin glue in attaching amniotic membrane grafts significantly reduces surgery time, improves post-operative patient comfort and results in decreased inflammation with faster healing&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Pterygium</kwd><kwd> Amniotic membrane graft</kwd><kwd> Fibrin glue</kwd><kwd> vicryl suture</kwd><kwd> Histology</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
