Protocol for mitomycin C use in glaucoma surgery
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Mitomycin-C Use in Ophthalmology
Mitomycin-C is a chemotherapeutic drug that acts by inhibiting DNA synthesis. Its use and application in ophthalmology has been increasing in recent years because of its mandatory effects on wound healing. Current applications include pterygium surgery, glaucoma surgery, corneal refractive surgery, cictracial eye disease, conjunctivalneoplasia, dacryocystorhinostomy surgeries and allergic eye d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1395-3907
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00437.x