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        <journal-title>Czech and Slovak Ophthalmology</journal-title>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">347</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31348/2025/1</article-id>
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          <subject>Original article</subject>
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        <article-title>Easy Method of Pterygium Excision using Autologous Blood for Conjunctiva Autograft Fixation</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Silitonga</surname>
            <given-names>Andrea Radotma</given-names>
          </name>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4173-1830</contrib-id>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Silitonga</surname>
            <given-names>Hanna Tabita Hasianna</given-names>
          </name>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6078-9080</contrib-id>
        </contrib>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic">
        <day>17</day>
        <month>1</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <elocation-id>5</elocation-id>
      <abstract>
        <p>Aims: This study was planned to explore the efficacy of autologous blood as a stabilizing agent for graft surgery in pterygium. Material and Methods: For this observational, non-comparative, interventional study, the hospital data of patients who underwent pterygium surgery with autografting using autologous blood between October 2021 to March 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The graft stability post-surgery and recurrence was studied. There were 37 eyes of 37 patients undergoing pterygium surgery with autograft using autologous serum. The mean age was 53.5 ±10.10 years. Results: Pterygium included were nasal sided primary grade 3 pterygium, double-head pterygium and recurrent pterygium. Postoperatively, there were 4 cases of graft loss (10.8%). The mean time of follow up was 1.8 ±1.4 months (range 1 to 5 months). There was no recurrence seen in patients with graft intact. Conclusion: Autologous blood is a good and cost-effective stabilizing agent for graft surgery in pterygium.</p>
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        <kwd>autologous blood</kwd>
        <kwd>conjunctiva autograft fixation</kwd>
        <kwd>pterygium excision</kwd>
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