PTERYGIUM INFORMATION GUIDE

Through the following information guide, Finland Eye Center would like to explain to you the benefits and potential risks associated with pterygium surgery.

Before consent, kindly read the following:

Pterygium excision surgery is an outpatient surgery that is relatively safe, and usually performed upon patient request when it becomes cosmetically bothersome or it causes persistent discomfort. Occasionally, it may become large enough to threaten vision. At Finland Eye Center, we can perform the excision under local anaesthesia with many techniques, depending on doctor's plan, such as bare sclera technique, autograft, rotation flap technique, mitomycin technique or with amniotic membrane graft.

As with any surgery, you should understand that risks and side effects are possible. These include irritation, burning, prolonged redness, the need for prolonged use of lubricant eye drops and sunglasses, and recurrence of the pterygium, which may need re-operation.

Serious complications like infections, eye perforation or restrictive eye movement are extremely rare.

Finland Eye Center will provide the patient with treatment for the first week and follow-up visit for the next 3 months. If further procedures are needed, additional charges may apply.

As with any surgery, you should understand that risks and side effects are possible. These include irritation, burning, prolonged redness, the need for prolonged use of lubricant eye drops and sunglasses, and recurrence of the pterygium, which may need re-operation.

Serious complications like infections, eye perforation or restrictive eye movement are extremely rare.
 

Finland Eye Center will provide the patient with treatment for the first week and follow-up visit for the next 3 months. If further procedures are needed, additional charges may apply.