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  • Title: Anterior chamber reaction after mitomycin and 5-fluorouracil trabeculectomy: a comparative study.
    Author: Kawase K, Nishimura K, Yamamoto T, Jikihara S, Kitazawa Y.
    Journal: Ophthalmic Surg; 1993 Jan; 24(1):24-7. PubMed ID: 8446328.
    Abstract:
    We measured aqueous flare in 16 glaucomatous eyes after trabeculectomy in which 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) or mitomycin C (MMC) had been used as an adjunctive therapy. The eyes were divided into a 5-FU and an MMC group, matched for factors that might influence the postoperative inflammatory response to intraocular surgery. Seven eyes of seven patients received subconjunctival injections of 5-FU (50 mg in 2 weeks) and nine eyes of nine patients were given 0.2 mg/0.5 mL MMC intraoperatively. The aqueous flare converted to an albumin concentration (mg/dL) was significantly higher in the 5-FU group than in the MMC group (359.6 +/- 113.8 mg/dL and 143.2 +/- 46.7 mg/dL, respectively; Mann-Whitney U test, P < .05) on the second postoperative day. Intraoperative MMC appears to be no more harmful to the blood-aqueous barrier than 5-FU.
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