{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]],"date-time":"2026-08-26T19:26:37Z","timestamp":1787772397586,"version":"build-2784847793"},"reference-count":16,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":["lww.com","ovid.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,9]]},"abstract":"\n BACKGROUND:<\/jats:title>\n The recurrence rate plays a key role in using various treatments of pterygium. This study assessed the effectiveness of argon laser therapy before the excision of pterygium on the recurrence rate.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n MATERIALS AND METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n \n The eyes (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 60) of patients (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 30) were divided into two groups based on the treatment. All eyes had undergone pterygium excision with the bare sclera technique. Three weeks before surgery, an argon laser was applied to 30 eyes. Patients have been followed up for 1 year, and the progression of pterygium has been evaluated at days 1, 7, 14, and 30, and then, every 2 months until month 6 and then every 3 months until month 12. Recurrence was defined as more than 1 mm growth of pterygium from the limbus.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n \n In the group with adjuvant argon laser therapy, the mean size of pterygium was 3.7 \u00b1 0.47 mm before surgery and 2.3 \u00b1 0.98 after 12 months (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.001). These were 3.8 \u00b1 0.43 mm and 2.4 \u00b1 1 mm in the other group (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.001). The recurrence of the pterygium was 76% (23\/30) in the group treated with an argon laser and 90% (27\/30) in another group (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.16). There was no correlation between pterygium sizes before surgery and the pterygium recurrence rate in both eyes (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.272 [right] and 0.916 [left]).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n Argon laser therapy on pterygium before surgery cannot decrease its recurrence rate, but its application gives a good vision and clarifies the surgery\u2019s target area.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ojo.ojo_59_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,24]],"date-time":"2024-05-24T13:54:21Z","timestamp":1716558861000},"page":"478-481","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Evaluating the application of argon laser on pterygium surgery: Report of 30 patients"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Mohammed","family":"Arish","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Zahedan University of Medical 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