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    Pterygium Surgery: The PERFECT Approach

    By Lawrence W. Hirst, MD
    Editors' Choice
    Cornea/External Disease

    The surgical management of pterygium remains challenging and controversial. This video demonstrates PERFECT for pterygium, an approach developed by Dr. Lawrence Hirst that features wide pterygium removal with an extended conjunctival autograft. The protocol eliminates recurrences of both primary and recurrent pterygia, has a very low complication rate, avoids the use of potentially risky adjunctive treatments, and ensures superb cosmetic results.