Effect of postoperative five fluoro-uracil on recurrence of pterygium

Five fluoro-uracil was instilled postoperatively in seventy cases of primary and recurrent pterygia. Five fluoro-uracil was used four times daily for four weeks in a concentration of five mg/ml. The cases were followed up for 8 months. The results of the study showed the efficacy of five fluoro-uracil in reducing the recurrence rate of pterygium

Measurement of inter-pupillary distance in different age groups of Egyptians

Fifty infants below 3 months of age with 62 eyes suffering from congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction were divided at random into two groups each contained 31 eyes. The first group was treated with gentamycin eye ointment and massage under pressure for their lacrimal passages and the second group with gentamycin eye ointment onlyTwenty two of the first group and 14 of the second group were cured before the age of 6 months. The remaining 26 eyes and another 34 new cases of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction over 6 months of age were subjected to probing of their lacimal passages under general anesthesia

summer meeting - conjunctiva and cornea - effect of postoperative argon laser on recurrence of pterygium

Argon Laser photocoagulation to the invading blood vesseis in the bare area of the excised pterygium bed was done Sixty eyes of different types of pterygia were subjected, weekly for three weeks, to postoperative laserisation of invading blood vesseis. Cases were followed up clinically and photographically whenever possible for ten months. The results were very encouraging in reducing the recurrence rate

Histopathological study of the effects of ethamsylate [dicynone] on rabbit's eye

The effects of intacameral injection of 0.3 ml of dicynone on ocular tissues of rabbits were studied. Progressive atrophic changes affecting the cornea, iris, ciliary body and the optic nerve of rabbits' eyes were observed. The details of these atrophic changes were discussed. There was also a lowering of the intra-ocular pressure of the rabbits' eyes after dicynone Injection into their anterior chamber

Clinical and experimental study of ocular manifestations resulting from exposure to ammonia fumes

Workers employed in ammonia nitrate fertilizer plant were examined ophthalmologically to study the effects of exposure to ammonia fumes on their eyes. Ocular examination among exposed workers revealed a higher incidence of pterygia, abacterial conjunctivitis and corneal lesions. It was sure clinically and experimentally that ammonia concentration in the permissible concentrations may affect the eye if exposed to a long duration and that prednisolone in the therapeutic dose can prevent ocular hazards in experimental animals