Trial reportThe British journal of ophthalmology2023
Comparison of mini-simple limbal epithelial transplantation and conjunctival-limbal autograft for the treatment of primary pterygium: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in The British journal of ophthalmology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03363282 (Recurrence Rate of Mini-SLET), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Recurrence Rate of Mini-SLET (Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation) vs. Limbal-Conjunctival Autograft in Primary Pterygium Excision
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- A novel decellularized conjunctival stroma biomaterial for conjunctival reconstruction following pterygium surgery.International journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
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- Recurrence-free time after pterygium surgery with sutureless conjunctival-limbal vs. conjunctival graft: is there still a role for conjunctival graft alone?International ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Intermittent sliding-lock-knot suture for limbal conjunctival autograft fixation in pterygium surgery: a technique note.International journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this double-masked, parallel randomised controlled trial was to compare the recurrence rate and other outcomes between conjunctival-limbal autograft (CLAu) and mini-simple limbal epithelial transplantation (mini-SLET) after excision of pterygium.
methodsEligibility criteria for participants was the presence of a primary nasal pterygium extending equally to or greater than two millimetres on the cornea on its horizontal axis from the nasal limbus. The participants were allocated into two groups (CLAu and mini-SLET) using simple randomisation with a table of random numbers. Participants and the outcome assessor were masked to the intervention. The study protocol is listed and available on https://clinicaltrials.gov (Identifier: NCT03363282).
resultsA total of 61 eyes were enrolled in the study, 33 underwent CLAu (group 1) and 28 mini-SLET (group 2), all eyes were analysed in each group. At 2, 3, 6 and 12 months the CLAu group exhibited a recurrence of 0%, 6.1%, 8.1% and 8.1%, while the mini-SLET exhibited a recurrence of 0%, 17.9%, 50% and 53.5% (p<0.05). There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications in either of the two groups.
conclusionThe findings of this study suggest that mini-SLET has a higher recurrence rate and provides no advantage over CLAu in the treatment of primary pterygium.
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