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[Treatment of the ocular burn with hormone]
1Department of Burns, Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School, Zhe Jiang University, Hangzhou 310009, Zhe Jiang Province, P. R. China.
Objective:
To explore new ways of the management of ocular burn with the use of hormones (human growth hormone and corticosteroid).
Methods:
Twenty-one patients (30 eyes) with ocular burn were enrolled in the study. Nine cases (12 eyes) were treated with routine methods, while in 12 cases (18 eyes) corticosteroid and recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) were used. The corticosteroid was applied immediately postburn both systemically and topically and continued for 2-4 weeks. But the rhGH was applied after 1 week postburn and continued for 2 weeks. The results in the above two groups were compared.
Results:
Compared with those in control group, all the 18 eyes in the 12 patients with ocular burn were saved and cured with the treatments of hormones. There was significantly less incidence of corneal ulceration and perforation and better visual recovery in those treated with the hormones.
Conclusion:
Combined application of corticosteroid and rhGH might be beneficial to the management of patients with ocular burn.