Corneal Wavefront Aberrations After Primary and Recurrent Pterygium Surgery

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  • NKNecip Kara
    Necip Kara
  • KCKadir Ilker Cankaya
    Kadir Ilker Cankaya
  • BABetul Ilkay Sezgin Akcay
    Betul Ilkay Sezgin Akcay
  • TKTugba Kurt
    Tugba Kurt
  • IYIhsan Yilmaz
    Ihsan Yilmaz
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Abstract
To evaluate the effect of primary and recurrent pterygium surgery on corneal wavefront aberrations. This prospective and interventional study included the 47 eyes of 47 patients with primary pterygium (primary group) and 41 eyes of 41 patients with recurrent pterygium (recurrent group). All patients underwent pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft transplantation. Corneal wavefront aberrations were measured using Sirius corneal topography and aberrometry system (Costruzione Strumenti Oftalmici, Florence, Italy) before surgery and at 3 and 12 months after surgery. The main outcome measures were root mean square values of total wavefront error (WFE), higher-order aberrations (HOAs), coma, trefoil, and spherical aberrations. Corneal wavefront aberrations were not significantly different between the primary and recurrent groups at baseline (P>0.05). Total WFE, HOA, trefoil, and coma decreased significantly in both primary and recurrent groups at postoperative 3 and 12 months compared with preoperative measurements (P0.05). Total WFE, HOA, trefoil, and coma were significantly higher in the recurrent group than in the primary group at postoperative 3 and 12 months (P<0.05). Pterygium surgery can significantly reduce corneal wavefront aberrations, including total WFE, HOA, trefoil, and coma in eyes with primary or recurrent pterygium. However, postoperative corneal aberrations were higher in the recurrent group than in the primary group.

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