Comparison of fibrin glue and Vicryl sutures in conjunctival autografting for pterygium surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare clinical parameters and the tear levels of inflammatory cytokines between pterygium surgery using sutures or fibrin glue.

Methods

Fifty-six patients with primary pterygium were divided into the suture group and the glue group, in which the autograft was secured with 10-0 Vicryl sutures and fibrin glue, respectively. A questionnaire, slit-lamp examination, Schirmer test, and visual acuity test were performed in all participants. Real-time quantitative PCR (q-PCR) was used to analyze the expression of genes in pterygium and healthy conjunctival tissues. Based on the qPCR results and literature reports, five inflammatory cytokines, including hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), matrix metal

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5400501 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature