Postoperative treatment compliance rate and complications with two different protocols after pterygium excision and conjunctival autografting.

Aim: To evaluate compliance rate to pterygium postoperative treatment with two different protocols.

Methods: Review of clinical data of patients submitted to pterygium excision and conjunctival autografting in a single centre (and a single surgeon) in Barcelona between March 2014 and December 2017. Initial postoperative protocol (protocol 1) consisted of 4 months of topical steroids in a tapering fashion.