ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2022 | Volume
: 34 | Issue : 3 | Page : 297--304
Preoperative Intralesional Bevacizumab Injection in Primary Pterygium in Tunisian Patients: A Randomized Controlled Prospective Study
Jihene Sayadi1, Dhouha Gouider1, Meher Henchiri1, Racem Choura1, Nadia Boujelbene2, Imen Abbes2, Sana Khochtali3, Imene Zghal1, Ines Malek1, Moncef Khairallah3, Leila Nacef1
1 Department A, Hedi Raies Institute of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
2 Department of Pathology, Salah Azaiez Institute, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
3 Department of Ophthalmology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Monastir, Tunisia
Correspondence Address:
Dhouha Gouider
Department A of Ophthalmology, Hedi Raies Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Beb Saadoun, Tunis
Tunisia
Purpose: To assess the efficacy and safety of a single preoperative intralesional bevacizumab injection as an adjuvant treatment before primary pterygium surgery.
Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled interventional study from January 2019 to December 2020. The study included a total of 60 patients (60 eyes) with primary pterygium. We defined two groups of 30 patients each. Group A received an intralesional injection of bevacizumab (Avastin), 1 month before surgery (lesion excision and conjunctival autograft). Group B (control) had only the surgical treatment. Patients were followed up 7 days (D7), 1 month (M1), 3 months (M3), and 6 months (M6) postoperatively. Pre-, per-, and postoperatively, photographs of the lesions were taken, as well as a histopathological examination. The main outcome measures were the change in functional discomfort following intralesional bevacizumab injection and pterygium recurrence. Recurrence was defined as fibrovascular tissue growth invading the cornea. Therapeutic success was defined as the absence of pterygium recurrence in M6.
Results: The mean age of the 60 patients was 54.17 ± 10.53. After bevacizumab injection, the preoperative functional discomfort score decreased significantly (P = 0.048). There was a significant improvement in grade and color intensity (P = 0.001). We noted no local nor systemic complications after intralesional injection of bevacizumab. After pterygium excision, the success rate was statistically higher in Group A (P = 0.047). There was no significant difference in either final best-corrected spectral visual acuity or astigmatism between the two groups. We noted a statistically significant association between recurrence and color intensity (P = 0.046), vascular density (P = 0.049), and the degree of elastic tissue degeneration (P = 0.040).
Conclusion: A single preoperative subconjunctival injection of bevacizumab 1 month before surgery decreases the vascularity of newly formed blood vessels and hence may reduce the recurrence rate.
How to cite this article:
Sayadi J, Gouider D, Henchiri M, Choura R, Boujelbene N, Abbes I, Khochtali S, Zghal I, Malek I, Khairallah M, Nacef L. Preoperative Intralesional Bevacizumab Injection in Primary Pterygium in Tunisian Patients: A Randomized Controlled Prospective Study.J Curr Ophthalmol 2022;34:297-304
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Sayadi J, Gouider D, Henchiri M, Choura R, Boujelbene N, Abbes I, Khochtali S, Zghal I, Malek I, Khairallah M, Nacef L. Preoperative Intralesional Bevacizumab Injection in Primary Pterygium in Tunisian Patients: A Randomized Controlled Prospective Study. J Curr Ophthalmol [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Mar 29 ];34:297-304
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