[Pterygium surgery by conjunctiva autograft with autologous blood fixation]. / Chirurgie du ptérygion avec greffe de conjonctive fixée par du sang autologue.

INTRODUCTION: Pterygium surgery is marked by the possibility of recurrences; one of the techniques which results in the least recurrences is conjunctival autograft. Fixation of the conjunctiva had traditionally been accomplished with sutures. In recent years, conjunctival grafting has also been performed with fibrin glue. Even more recently, with a view towards improving the quality of postoperative results, some surgeons recommend the use of autologous blood. This study aims to evaluate the stability of this latest method of graft fixation, while assessing its postoperative results. METHODOLOGY: After diagnosis of pterygium, the patients underwent pterygium surgery with a conjunctival graft fixated with autologous blood. They were then monitored for one year, at 24h postoperatively, then seven days, 15 days, one month 3months, and every 3months thereafter. RESULTS: In totl, 84.21 % of the patients demonstrated stable postoperative fixation; 5.26 % of patients experienced significant displacement of the graft. After one year of follow-up, 15.79 % of patients experienced recurrent pterygium. Recurrences were more frequent in younger patients and in patients with previous recurrence. CONCLUSION: Pterygium surgery by conjunctival graft fixated with autologous blood is a safe surgery, with results similar to other pterygium surgery techniques with conjunctival autograft. However, this technique has the advantage less irritation, no risk of transmitting infection and lower cost.

[Intraocular pressure decrease after manual small incision cataract surgery]. / Baisse de la pression intraoculaire après chirurgie manuelle de la cataracte par petite incision.

PURPOSE: We decided to evaluate the decrease in intraocular pressure six months after cataract surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated patients' IOP using an applanation tonometer. The patients then underwent cataract surgery. Six months after cataract surgery, we reevaluated the IOP by the same method, and we determined the post-operative change. RESULTS: Among the 147 operated eyes, 123 eyes or 83.67% exhibited a decrease in IOP. The mean preoperative IOP for the operative eye was 15.61±4.5mmHg; the mean post-operative IOP was 12.57±3.5mmHg; the mean IOP decrease after surgery was 3.16±4mmHg, for a mean decrease of 20%. This decrease is statistically significant, P<001. The decrease in IOP varies proportionally to the initial IOP. In glaucomatous patients, the mean preoperative IOP was 23.16±5.68mmHg and mean post-operative IOP was 14.5±2.7mmHg, a decrease of 37.39%. CONCLUSION: The decrease in IOP after cataract surgery was generally moderate. However, this IOP decreased proportionally to the initial IOP, thus giving significant decreases for higher IOPs. This decrease in IOP, well known after phacoemulsification, was also obtained after Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery, a surgical technique which is increasingly employed in developing countries.