Pterygium in adults from the Brazilian Amazon Region: prevalence, visual status and refractive errors.

Arthur G FernandesSolange R SalomãoNívea N FerrazMárcia H MitsuhiroJoao M FurtadoSergio MuñozMarcela C CypelCristina C CunhaGalton C VasconcelosPaula Y SacaiPaulo H MoralesMarcos J CohenJacob M CohenSung S WatanabeMauro CamposRubens Belfort JuniorAdriana Berezovsky

Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2019)

Pterygium was highly prevalent and the second cause of visual impairment and blindness after provision of refractive correction. Risk factors for pterygium were male gender, advanced age, lower education and rural residency. Strategies to provide pterygium early detection and proper management should be considered by healthcare authorities in this population.

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