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Abstract #15650 Published in IGR 2-3
Use of 5-fluorouracil in Ab externo holmium laser sclerostomy
Pantaleoni FB; Pescosolido N; Giorgi D; Mollo R; Bartolini R; Gabrieli CBAnnals of Ophthalmology - Glaucoma 2000; 32: 236-239
Holmium laser sclerostomy (HLS) was performed in 48 glaucomatous eyes of 46 patients using 5-fluorouracil in five doses of 5 mg each in 0.1 ml. This group was compared with a control group of 42 glaucomatous eyes of 41 patients who underwent HLS without 5-fluorouracil. Twenty-eight treated and 24 control eyes needed retreatment. Twelve months after HLS, the success rate in the treated group, in which eyes did not require a second holmium laser treatment, was about 50% versus 33.3% in controls.
Dr. F.B. Pantaleoni, Via Salaria 334, 00199 Rome, Italy
Classification:
12.8.4 Using laser (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
12.8.10 Woundhealing antifibrosis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
