New treatment gets patient's seal of approval: learn how patients who have a pterygium can benefit from the use of fibrin sealant in surgery.(Case Report)

Review of Optometry, May, 2006 by Mittleider-Heil, Krista; Skorin, Leonid, Jr.

An 80-year-old white male presented for a postoperative follow-up examination. A cataract was removed from his left eye one month earlier. He reported decreasing vision in his right eye, which was secondary to a nasal pterygium encroaching the visual axis. The growth had been there for several years. Upon questioning, the patient reported that he would like the pterygium removed.

The patient's ocular history included primary open-angle glaucoma and pseudophakia in both eyes. His medications were Xalatan (latanoprost, Pfizer), one drop in both eyes at bedtime, and Refresh LiquiGel (Allergan) as needed for ocular irritation. He reported no known drug allergies.

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The patient's best-corrected...

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