Postoperative subconjunctival corticosteroid injection to prevent pterygium recurrence.

Purpose: To report the outcome of postoperative subconjunctival injection of triamcinolone in eyes that underwent pterygium surgery and were at risk for recurrence.

Methods: Twelve eyes of 11 patients with primary (7 eyes) or recurrent (5 eyes) pterygia underwent excision and conjunctival autografting (4 eyes, 33.3%), amniotic membrane grafting (6 eyes, 50%), or both (2 eyes, 16.