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Corneal topography before and after labial mucosal autograft. (A) Corneal topographic image at the time of recurrence 3 years after a third surgery. (B) Corneal topographic image 2 years after a fifth surgery using labial mucosal autograft, indicating a significant reduction in corneal astigmatism and irregularities with the resolution of pterygium.
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A 40-year-old woman visited our clinic for recurred pterygium and symblepharon in the right eye. She had a history of pterygium excision 8 years before. Over the course of 7 years, we performed pterygium excision combined initially with mitomycin C (MMC) application and conjunctival autograft. This was followed by three procedures using limbal allo...
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