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ArticleArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia2019

Topical cyclosporine A 0.05% before and after surgery to prevent pterygium recurrence.

Roberta Lilian Fernandes de Sousa Meneghim, Larissa Horikawa Satto, Kryscia Leiko Natsuaki, Alessandro Carvalho de Oliveira, Carlos Roberto Padovani, Magda Massae Hata Viveiros, Silvana Artioli Schellini

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Article in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparison of postoperative topical interferon-α2b versus intraoperative mitomycin C for pterygium recurrence prevention: a randomized clinical trial.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roberta Lilian Fernandes de Sousa MeneghimDepartment of Ophthalmology, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Larissa Horikawa SattoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Kryscia Leiko NatsuakiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Alessandro Carvalho de OliveiraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Carlos Roberto PadovaniDepartment of Biostatistic, Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Magda Massae Hata ViveirosDepartment of Ophthalmology, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Silvana Artioli SchelliniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe evaluated the role of the conjunctival flap rotation technique using 5-fluorouracil and adjuvant therapy with topical cyclosporine A at 0.05% during short pre- and postoperative periods for the prevention of primary pterygium recurrence.

methodsIn this prospective study, 76 patients with primary pterygium (76 eyes) were categorized into two groups: the control group with 31 patients who did not receive cyclosporine treatment, and the cyclosporine group with 45 patients who received topical cyclosporine A (0.05%) twice a day, for 10 days before and 10 days after the pterygium excision operations. Patients were examined for disease recurrence, side effects, and complications at 10 and 21 days, and at 2 and 6 months after the operation. Data on demography, systemic diseases, and ophthalmologic histories were obtained from all patients, and these data were analyzed using descriptive statistics involving the absolute and relative percentages of frequency distribution. Goodman test was used for contrasts among multinomial populations to study the association between cyclosporine A and recurrence.

resultsMost patients were between 30 and 60 years of age, and 67.1% were women. We confirmed a higher recurrence in patients with occupational sunlight exposure. The cyclosporine A used topically 10 days before and 10 days after the pterygium removal did not significantly reduce the recurrence of the pterygium.

conclusionTopical 0.05% cyclosporine A when used for 10 days before and 10 days after the pterygium removal does not prevent or reduce the recurrence of primary pterygium.

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AdultCombined Modality TherapyConjunctivaCorneal DiseasesCyclosporineFemaleFluorouracilHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsMaleMiddle AgedOphthalmic SolutionsPostoperative CarePreoperative CareProspective StudiesPterygiumCyclosporineFluorouracilImmunosuppressive AgentsOphthalmic Solutions

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