Get Rid of Unsightly Eye Pterygium with Dr Joanne Goh’s Treatment
Are you struggling with an unsightly growth in your eye? A pterygium can cause discomfort, affect your vision and even damage your cornea. Luckily, Dr Joanne Goh offers expert and reliable pterygium treatment in Melbourne, helping you eliminate this frustrating condition and restore your vision and self-esteem. Pterygium Removal Surgery: What You Need to Know When it comes to pterygium treatment, removal surgery is often the most effective and recommended approach. Here's what you should know: Pterygium removal surgery is a day surgery that can be performed under local anaesthetic, with a light sedative to keep you calm and relaxed. The surgery involves removing the pterygium and using a conjunctival graft to cover the gap where the growth was. This reduces the chances of recurrence to less than 10%. Pterygium removal surgery takes about 30 minutes, but you should allow at least 2 hours at the day surgery clinic for post-operative recovery. After eye pterygium surgery , your ey