AIM:To discuss the results of different surgical removal of pterygium. METHODS:One hundred-seventeen 117 cases of pterygium(150 eyes )were divided into 3 groups for different surgical methods of simple pterygium excision, amniotic membrane transplantation and autologous limbal stem cell transplantation. RESULTS:The recurrence rate was with significant difference between the first group and the other two groups,and with no significant difference between the second group and the third group. CONCLUSION:Fresh amniotic membrane transplantation and autologous limbal stem cell transplantation can significantly reduce the recurrence rate，their treatment outcome was significantly better than simple pterygium excision, they should be widely used in clinical.