Skip to main content
The British Journal of Ophthalmology logoLink to The British Journal of Ophthalmology
. 1993 Apr;77(4):250–251. doi: 10.1136/bjo.77.4.250

Serious corneal complication of 5-fluorouracil.

M Hickey-Dwyer 1, P K Wishart 1
PMCID: PMC504492  PMID: 8494864

Full text

PDF
250

Images in this article

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Heuer D. K., Parrish R. K., 2nd, Gressel M. G., Hodapp E., Desjardins D. C., Skuta G. L., Palmberg P. F., Nevárez J. A., Rockwood E. J. 5-Fluorouracil and glaucoma filtering surgery. III. Intermediate follow-up of a pilot study. Ophthalmology. 1986 Dec;93(12):1537–1546. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(86)33542-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Heuer D. K., Parrish R. K., 2nd, Gressel M. G., Hodapp E., Palmberg P. F., Anderson D. R. 5-fluorouracil and glaucoma filtering surgery. II. A pilot study. Ophthalmology. 1984 Apr;91(4):384–394. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(84)34291-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Jampel H. D., Jabs D. A., Quigley H. A. Trabeculectomy with 5-fluorouracil for adult inflammatory glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol. 1990 Feb 15;109(2):168–173. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)75982-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Knapp A., Heuer D. K., Stern G. A., Driebe W. T., Jr Serious corneal complications of glaucoma filtering surgery with postoperative 5-fluorouracil. Am J Ophthalmol. 1987 Feb 15;103(2):183–187. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)74224-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Rockwood E. J., Parrish R. K., 2nd, Heuer D. K., Skuta G. L., Hodapp E., Palmberg P. F., Gressel M. G., Feuer W. Glaucoma filtering surgery with 5-fluorouracil. Ophthalmology. 1987 Sep;94(9):1071–1078. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(87)33321-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Taylor H. R., Kimsey R. A. Corneal epithelial basement membrane changes in diabetes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1981 Apr;20(4):548–553. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Weinreb R. N. Adjusting the dose of 5-fluorouracil after filtration surgery to minimize side effects. Ophthalmology. 1987 May;94(5):564–570. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(87)33430-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from The British Journal of Ophthalmology are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES