Pterygium surgery using inferior rotational conjunctival autograft versus conventional conjunctival autograft with sutures - A comparative study.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of pterygium surgery by using an inferior rotational autograft and a conventional superior conjunctival autograft.

Methods: This was a prospective interventional comparative study of 85 eyes of patients who were divided into two groups of 45 and 40. Standard techniques of both procedures were performed by a single surgeon.

Clonidine Stimulation Test: Is Single Best Time Point, Convenient Yet Efficacious?

Context: To find a single time point during clonidine stimulation test (CST), with highest diagnostic value to rule out growth hormone deficiency (GHD).

Settings And Design: This is a retrospective study of 79 CSTs carried out in a tertiary care center in India.

Materials And Methods: A cohort of 79 children with unexplained short stature was divided into two groups: GHD and non-GHD.

Is blood agar an alternative to sabouraud dextrose agar for the isolation of fungi in patients with mycotic keratitis.

To compare the blood agar (BA), sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) and chocolate agar (CA) for the isolation of fungi in patients with mycotic keratitis. Corneal Scrapings of 229 patients with clinically diagnosed microbial keratitis were inoculated on BA, SDA, CA. The culture media were evaluated for the rate and time taken for the fungal growth.