A new approach to assessing pterygium progression and volume using SII and anterior segment OCT

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Source: Frontiers Medicine

Original: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1758913...

Published: 2026-01-14T00:00:00Z

The study compared the clinical manifestations and prognosis of 90 patients with pterygium, divided into groups A, B and C according to the pterygium score. Parameters evaluated included sex, age, time of onset, symptoms, AS-OCT, PLR, MLR and systemic immuno-inflammatory index (SII). In patients with pterygium, the values ​​of SII, NLR and MLR were significantly higher than in the control group. The incidence of both eyes was significantly higher in group C than in groups A and B. The SII value was significantly correlated with the area of ​​pterygium progression and the volume of weighed postoperative tissue. The combination of anterior segment phase and AS-OCT effectively assesses pterygium volume. SII serves as a biomarker to predict the severity and prognosis of pterygium, with imaging methods better assessing progression than traditional methods.[1]