PURPOSE: To evaluate the success of treatment and prevention of recurrence of Salzmann's nodules by superficial keratectomy with intraoperative mitomycin-C (MMC). SETTING: Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. METHODS: This retrospective consecutive case series comprised 30 eyes of 25 patients who had superficial keratectomy with MMC between January 1997 and June 2000 at a large tertiary-care center. RESULTS: Twenty-four patients reported improvement in their symptoms. The remaining patient lost 1 line of visual acuity. Ninety-seven percent of eyes maintained or improved best corrected visual acuity. No patient had a recurrence of Salzmann's nodular degeneration over a mean follow-up of 28 months +/- 15 (SD) (range 4.0 days to 4.1 years). CONCLUSION: Superficial keratectomy with MMC appears to be a valid and safe method for treating and preventing the recurrence of Salzmann's nodular degeneration.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the success of treatment and prevention of recurrence of Salzmann's nodules by superficial keratectomy with intraoperative mitomycin-C (MMC). SETTING: Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. METHODS: This retrospective consecutive case series comprised 30 eyes of 25 patients who had superficial keratectomy with MMC between January 1997 and June 2000 at a large tertiary-care center. RESULTS: Twenty-four patients reported improvement in their symptoms. The remaining patient lost 1 line of visual acuity. Ninety-seven percent of eyes maintained or improved best corrected visual acuity. No patient had a recurrence of Salzmann's nodular degeneration over a mean follow-up of 28 months +/- 15 (SD) (range 4.0 days to 4.1 years). CONCLUSION: Superficial keratectomy with MMC appears to be a valid and safe method for treating and preventing the recurrence of Salzmann's nodular degeneration.
Authors: Anna M Roszkowska; Pietro Colosi; Letteria De Grazia; Eliana Mirabelli; Giovanni Romeo Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Date: 2009-08-06 Impact factor: 3.117
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