TY - JOUR A1 - Maheshwari, S T1 - Effect of pterygium excision on pterygium induced astigmatism. Y1 - 2003/4/1 JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Indian J Ophthalmol SP - 187 EP - 188 VL - 51 IS - 2 UR - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2003;volume=51;issue=2;spage=187;epage=188;aulast=Maheshwari N2 - Pterygium is known to affect refractive astigmatism, which can have a significant impact on vision. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of pterygium excision on refractive astigmatism. Thirty-six eyes with primary pterygium with astigmatism of 2D or more were analysed before and after pterygium excision. Astigmatism increased with the increase in the grade of pterygium (P = 0.000001). The preoperative refractive cylinder decreased from 4.60±2D to 2.20±2.04D (P = 0.00001) after pterygium excision. ER -