TY - JOUR AU - Kampitak, Kosol AU - Siriburana, Ranipha AU - Rattana-aram, Nattadet AU - Kupakanjana, Tayakorn AU - Leelawongtawun, Wichai AU - Leeamornsiri, Supinda AU - Thitiwichienlert, Suntaree PY - 2022/08/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Operation Time for Pterygium Surgery by Ophthalmology Trainees JF - Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine JA - AMJAM VL - 22 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.14456/2022020106 UR - https://asianmedjam.com/index.php/amjam/article/view/287 SP - 138-143 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the duration time of pterygium surgery performed by the ophthalmology residents in the first and second year of training with different surgical methods. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> Data was collected retrospectively from medical records when the surgeons were first-year residents in 2016 and second-year in 2017. Operation time was compared according to each resident surgeon, year level of training, and surgical techniques. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 131 pterygium surgeries were performed by 5 ophthalmology residents, 93 and 38 pterygium excision procedures were performed by one group of residents in their first and second year of training, respectively. All pterygia were primary type with a single head. The mean pterygium size was 2.8 ± 1.4 mm. The range of operating duration was 52 - 83 minutes for individual surgeons. The mean duration of surgery performed by the first- and second-year residents was 64.1 ± 16.8 and 67.0 ± 22.2 minutes, respectively. The mean duration of surgery operated with amniotic membrane and conjunctival graft techniques were 64.7 ± 7.3 and 65.3 ± 20.4 minutes, respectively. The duration times of pterygium surgery were significantly different (<em>P</em> &lt; .001) between surgeons but there were no statistically significant differences with regards to the level of training and method of surgery <br />(<em>P</em> &gt; .05). <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The duration of pterygium surgery varied between each resident surgeon, but did not differ in the level of training and surgical techniques.</p> ER -