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Pterygium Post Surgery Over 963 days ago! After one year my eye is still 100% healed, I am so happy that I had the surgery. It was 6 years of waiting for my doctor to give the okay to have the excision. He stated at the time I was still too young to have the surgery. At the first diagnosis in 2006 I was 34 years old. How long will I need to use eye drops after the surgery? You will be on intensive drops (every 2 hours while you are awake) for three weeks and then for a further 6 weeks at 4 times a day. In a small proportion of patients the steroid drops can raise the pressure in the eye which can lead to glaucoma. A Daily Journal Post Pterygium Surgery Day 1-9. The day finally came for my operation, after years of waiting on January 27, 2011 I finally had surgery. Three days prior to my surgery I had to use some antibiotic drops and wipes to prepare my eye for surgery. I have included post operation pictures for the first week. I will add more pictures in the future. Pterygium removal surgery eliminates the abnormal tissue from the cornea and sclera (white of the eye). The older, standard surgical technique left a bare hole in the conjunctiva (the surface of the eye) where the pterygium was removed. Unfortunately, this led to a high rate of pterygium regrowth. Surgery is minimally invasive and takes roughly 20-30 minutes. The pterygium is first carefully peeled, then a tissue graft is harvested from beneath your upper eyelid and placed over the removal site to reduce the chance of recurrence. The graft is usually secured with tissue glue and rarely needs sutures. I don’t like the look of my pterygium. If there is no recurrence, it is highly likely that within 6 months after the surgery, you will probably not be able to tell which eye has had surgery. If this surgery is on a pterygium that has already been removed, the cosmetic result may not be as good. Pterygium surgery typically takes 30 to 45 minutes. After surgery, patients usually need to wear an eye patch for a day or two. But they can return to work or normal activities (avoiding swimming and eye rubbing) after a few days.
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