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[Use of 5-fluorouracil shortly after trabeculectomy]
M Lewandowska-Furmanik1, J Toczołowski
1II Kliniki Okulistyki AM w Lublinie.
Klinika Oczna
|January 1, 1996
Abstract
Purpose:
To present own results of treatment wit 5-FU in the cases with high intraocular pressure and increased cicatrization shortly after trabeculectomy.
Material And Methods:
Subconjunctival injections of 5-FU were applied in 12 patients in whom, immediately after trabeculectomy, intraocular pressure was above 22 mmHg and conjunctiva on the filtering bleb was thickened.
Results:
Normalization of the intraocular pressure and good function of the filtering bleb was achieved in 83.3% of patients.