Slow release of the antimetabolite 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) from modified Baerveldt glaucoma drains to prolong drain function

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 3329-3335

  Jacob, Jean T ^a   LaCour, Owen J ^a   Burgoyne, Claude F ^a  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimetabolite; Biocompatibility; Glaucoma drains; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; EYE PROTECTION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT TREATMENT;

INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP);

BIOMATERIALS;

ANTIMETABOLITE; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; FLUOROURACIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RELEASE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAR FORMATION; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG IMPLANTS; FLUOROURACIL; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MATERIALS TESTING; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0035892449     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(01)00170-3     Document Type: Article

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