Intraoperative mitomycin-C versus postoperative topical mitomycin-C drops for the treatment of pterygium

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 674-678

  Helal, Magdi ^b   Messiha, Nabil ^a   Amayem, Ashraf ^b   El Maghraby, Akef ^a   Elsherif, Zakaria ^a   Dabees, Mostafa ^c  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b El Maghraby Eye Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IRITIS; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029781094     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Diseases of the outer eye: Part 1. Conjunctiva. In: Duke-Elder S, ed. System of Ophthalmology, vol. 81. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby; 1965:573-582.
2. Fine M. Recurrent pterygium: mucous membrane grafts. In: Barraquer JI, Binder PS, Buxton JN, et al., eds. Symposium on Medical and Surgical Diseases of the Cornea: Transactions of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby; 1980:533-540.
3. Insler MS, Caldwell DR. Peripheral diseases (Terrien's and recurrent pterygium). In: Brightbill FS, ed. Corneal Surgery: Theory, Technique, and Tissue. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby; 1986:387-395.
4. Casrroviejo. Symposium on the cornea. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol. 1972;76:165-172.
5. Kamel S. Pterygium: its nature and a new line of treatment. Br J Ophthalmol. 1946;30:549-564.
6. Barraquer JI. Etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of the pterygium. In: Barraquer JI, Binder PS, Buxton JN, et al., eds. Symposium on Medical and Surgical Diseases of the Cornea: Transactions of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby; 1980:167-178.
7. Dowlut MS, Laflamme MY. Les pterygions recidivants: frequence et correction par autogreffe conjunctivale. Can J Ophthalmol. 1981;16:119-120.
8. Vastine DW, Stewart WB, Schwab IR. Reconstruction of the periocular mucous membrane by autologous conjunctival transplantation. Ophthalmology. 1982;89: 1072-1081.
9. Kenyon KR, Wagoner MD, Hettinger ME. Conjunctival autograft transplantation for advanced and recurrent pterygium. Ophthalmology. 1985;92:1461-1470.
10. Meacham CT. Trimethylene thiophosporamide in the prevention of pterygium recurrence. Am J Ophthalmol. 1962;54:751-753.
11. Joselson GA, Muller P. Incidence of pterygium recurrence: in patients treated with thio-tepa. Am J Ophthalmol. 1966;61:891-892.
12. Char DH. Corneal tumors. In: Smolin G, Thoft RA, eds. The Cornea: Scientific Foundations and Clinical Practice. Boston: Little, Brown; 1983:391-394.
13. Kunitomo N, Mori S. Studies on pterygium: Report IV. A treatment of pterygium by mitomycin-C. Acta Soc Ophthalmol Jpn. 1963;67:601-607.
14. Yamanouchi U, Mishima K. Eye lesions due to mitomycin instillation after pterygium operation. Fotia Ophthalmol Jpn. 1967;18:854-861.
15. Singh G, Wilson MR, Foster CS. Mitomycin eye drops as treatment for pterygium. Ophthalmology. 1988;95: 813-821.
16. Singh G, Wilson MR, Foster CS. Long-term follow-up study of mitomycin eye drops as adjunctive treatment for pterygia and its comparison with conjunctival autograft transplantation. Cornea. 1990;9:331-334.
17. Cameron ME. Pterygium Throughout the World. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas; 1965:141-171.
18. Dimitry TJ. The dust factor in the production of pterygium. Am J Ophthalmol. 1937;20:40-45.
19. Goldberg L, David R. Pterygium and its relationship to the dry eye in the Bantu. Br J Ophthalmol 1976;60: 720-721.
20. Cameron ME. Histology of pterygium: an electron microscopic study. Br J Ophthalmol. 1983;67:604-608.
21. Karai I, Horiguchi S. Pterygium in welders. Br J Ophthalmol. 1984;68:347-349.
22. McReynolds JO. The nature and treatment of pterygia. JAMA. 1902;39:296-298.
23. Taylor HR. Studies on the tear film in climatic droplet keratopathy and pterygium. Arch Ophthalmol. 1980;98 :86-88.
24. Wong WW. A hypothesis on the pathogenesis of pterygium. Ann Ophthalmol. 1978;10:303-308.
25. Alger LJ. Etiology of pterygium recurrence. Am J Ophthalmol. 1964;57:450-453.
26. Tarr KH, Constable IJ. Late complications of pterygium treatment. Br J Ophthalmol. 1980,64:496-505.
27. Cooper JS. Postoperative irradiation of pterygia: ten more years of experience. Radiology. 1978;128:733-756.
28. Van Den Brek HAS. Results of prophylactic postoperative irradiation in 1300 cases of pterygium. Am J Roentgenol. 1968;103:723-733.
29. Bahrassa F, Datta R. Postoperative beta radiation treatment of pterygium. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1983; 9:679-684.
30. Talbot AN. Complication of beta ray treatment of pterygia. Trans Ophthalmol Soc NZ. 1979:31:62-63.
31. Pico G. Pterygium: current concept of etiology and management. In: King JH, McTigue JW, eds. The Cornea, World Congress. Washington: Butterworths; 1965:280.
32. Barraquer JI, Ariza E, Reinoso S, et al. Treatment of pterygium. Arch Soc Am Oftal Optom. 1964;5:107.
33. Rubinfeld R, Pfister R, Stein R, et al. Serious complications of topical mitomycin-C after pterygium surgery. Ophthalmology. 1992;99.
34. Fakamachi Y, Hikita N. Ocular complication following pterygium operation and instillation of mitomycin-C. Folia Ophthalmol Jpn. 1981;32:197-201.
35. Singh G. Postoperative instillation of low-dose mitomycin-C in the treatment of primary pterygium operation. Am J Ophthalmol. 1989;107:570-571. Letter.
36. Bowman WC, Rand MJ, eds. Textbook of Pharmacology, 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell; 1980:14-15.
37. Craig CR, Stitzel RE, eds. Modern Pharmacology, 3rd ed. Boston: Little Brown; 1990:807.