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Recurrences of pterygium and symblepharon after repeated surgeries using limbal allografts and AM transplantation. (A, B) Anterior segment photographs of the patient 6 (A) and 30 months (B) after a second surgery. Pterygial mass and symblepharon started to reform and overgrew onto the previous limbal graft and corneal surface progressively. (C) Anterior segment photographs of the patient 6 months after a fourth surgery.
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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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