Open AccessIntraoperative mitomycin C and the corneal endothelium
Author(s) -
Sihota R.,
Sharma Tarun,
Agarwal H. C.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-0420
pISSN - 1395-3907
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760115.x
Subject(s) - trabeculectomy , medicine , mitomycin c , corneal endothelium , glaucoma , ophthalmology , surgery , glaucoma surgery , randomized controlled trial , cornea
Mitomycin-C (MMC) is a useful adjunct to high risk glaucoma surgery. No clinical data regarding the deleterious effect of mitomycin-C on the corneal endothelial cells are available.