Comparing Adjuvant Beta Radiation, Mitomycin C, and Conjunctival Autograft in Primary Pterygium Treatment, a Three-year Follow-up Study

Table 1: Demographic statistics comparing the three groups in the study. Group A patients treated with adjuvant therapy of B-Radiation; Group B patients treated with Mitomycin C after pterygium excision; Group C patients treated with conjunctival graft after the pterygium excision.

	Number Of case		Sex male gender⁺		Age in years		recurrence		Grade ++		Scleral melting⁺		Superficial punctate keratitis⁺
Group A	60		26.7%		47.6 / +/- 6.1		33.33%		80%		6.67%		0%
Group B	60		13.33%		47.4 /+/- 5.9		13.33%		80%		26.67%		26.67%
Group C	60		60%		47.4 / +/- 4.9		6.67%		93.4%		0%		0%
total	180		33.3%		47.4 / +/-5.54		17.78%		84.5%		11.11%		8.89%
		Post excisional inflammation		corneal opacity		cataract formation		uveitis		globe perforation		endophthalmitis
Group A		0%		0%		0%		0%		0%		0%
Group B		0%		0%		0%		0%		0%		0%
Group C		0%		0%		0%		0%		0%		0%
total		0%		0%		0%		0%		0%		0%

Means variables: +the mean percentage of males in the groups. ++ the mean percentage of grade I in comparison to Grade II pterygium. There was no grade 3 pterygium in the study.