{"title":"Effects of intraoperative topical mitomycin-C on strabismus surgery in the rabbit: a preliminary study.","authors":"Ó. Cruz, L. Matkovich","doi":"10.3928/1542-8877-19950501-15","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The effect of intraoperative topical exposure of mitomycin-C (MMC) on muscle reattachment and scarring in strabismus surgery was prospectively investigated in the rabbit by performing bilateral recession surgery in which one eye was treated with topical MMC (0.2 mg/mL) and the other eye served as the control. One week postoperatively, in random, masked fashion, the severity of postoperative adhesions was rated lower in the MMC-treated eyes. Also, histology demonstrated decreased fibrosis in the muscle reattachment sites in the MMC-treated eyes. The muscle tension in the reattached muscles was greater than 100 g in all of the eyes. This preliminary study indicates that topical MMC exposure may inhibit scarring in strabismus surgery without inhibiting muscle reattachment or causing other obvious adverse effects.","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"10 1","pages":"237-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"21","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ophthalmic surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3928/1542-8877-19950501-15","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The effect of intraoperative topical exposure of mitomycin-C (MMC) on muscle reattachment and scarring in strabismus surgery was prospectively investigated in the rabbit by performing bilateral recession surgery in which one eye was treated with topical MMC (0.2 mg/mL) and the other eye served as the control. One week postoperatively, in random, masked fashion, the severity of postoperative adhesions was rated lower in the MMC-treated eyes. Also, histology demonstrated decreased fibrosis in the muscle reattachment sites in the MMC-treated eyes. The muscle tension in the reattached muscles was greater than 100 g in all of the eyes. This preliminary study indicates that topical MMC exposure may inhibit scarring in strabismus surgery without inhibiting muscle reattachment or causing other obvious adverse effects.