Introduction -- Historical background -- Epidemiology -- Etiology -- Histology -- Clinical anatomy -- Clinical picture and classification -- Clinical evolution -- Symptoms -- Differential diagnosis -- Treatment of pterygium -- Surgery of pterygium -- Surgical technique -- Lamellar keratoplasty in pterygium surgery -- Surgery of pterygium with limbal grafts -- Plastic surgery to repair the conjunctiva -- Technique for excision of the pterygium without scleral cover -- Mitomycin-C in the treatment of pterygium -- Other surgical techniques used in pterygium -- Principles of operating techniques for pterygium -- Final comments -- Personal approaches to pterygium -- Ocular surface transplantation techniques for pterygium surgery -- Amniotic membrane transplantation in pterygium surgery -- Antiproliferative therapy for pterygium surgery -- Questions and answers on pterygium management.