The Relationship Between the Changes of the Corneal Curvatures and Histopathologic Findings in Pterygia.

Byun, Do Seok; Kim, Jae Chan; Shyn, Kyung Hwan

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(2):233-237.
Published online February 1, 1988.

The Relationship Between the Changes of the Corneal Curvatures and Histopathologic Findings in Pterygia.

Do Seok Byun, Jae Chan Kim, Kyung Hwan Shyn

Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Choong-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.

익상편 수술 환자에서 각막만곡도의 변화와 조직학적 소견과의 관계

변도석(Do Seok Byun),김재찬(Jae Chan Kim),신경환(Kyung Hwan Shyn)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out what changes occur in the corneal curatures before and after the operation for pterygium and the relationships between the histopathologic findings and the various factors concerned with pterygium. The results are as follows: 1. The degree of corneal invasion of the pterygium head is closely related to the difference between the horizontal and vertical corneal curvatures before operation. 2. The difference between the horizontal and vertical corneal curvatures decre ase after operation. 3. The changes in horizontal curvatures are remarkable in 3 weeks after surgery with a mean change of +0.41 D. 4. In the histopathologic findings, the duration of pterygium and the increased amount of collagen fiber are significantly related(p<0.01). 5. There is no relationship between the histopathologic findings and the changee in corneal curvatures analysed by the SPSS program (p>0.05).