Epidemiology.- Pathogenesis and histopathology.- Clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of pterygium.- Indications and evaluation of pterygium surgery.- Perioperative management of pterygium surgery.- Primary pterygium surgery.- Recurrent pterygium surgery.- Management of pterygium surgery complications.
Editor Cong-Xiang Wang is a surgeon at the department of Cornea and Ocular Surface, Aier Eye Hospital, Changsha, China.
Editor Dr. Shao-Wei Li is the Director of Academic Committee of Corneal Disease, Aier Eye Hospital Group, Beijing, China.
This book describes the related topics in pterygium surgery, complied with cases, pictures and videos. This book contains 3 parts and 8 chapters. Part I covers basic information, briefly presenting the epidemiology, aetiology, and pathogenesis of pterygium and associated pathological changes; Part II focuses on the clinical aspects of pterygium to introduce the clinical classification, manifestations, prevention, and nonsurgical treatment of primary pterygium and to distinguish primary pterygium from recurrent pterygium and pseudopterygium; and Part III addresses surgical considerations, with descriptions of the indications, preoperative examinations, and perioperative management, and explains the aesthetic rating and recurrence index for primary pterygium surgery. Specifically, 6 surgical methods for primary pterygium are discussed.
