Combined treatment of herpetic dendritic keratitis with blunt spatula debridement and trifluorothymidine.

Abstract

23 patients with proven herpetic dendritic keratitis have been treated with combined blunt spatula debridement and trifluorothymidine. The treatment was remarkably well tolerated. Average epithelial healing time was 2.50 days. Our results suggest that at present the described treatment seems to be one of the best available treatments in herpetic dendritic keratitis.

• Authors: C P Herbort, M Matter
• Journal: Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde (Ophthalmologica) Vol. 191 Issue 4 Pg. 218-22 ( 1985) ISSN: 0030-3755 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 3937082 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antiviral Agents
• Trifluridine
• Thymidine

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Antiviral Agents (therapeutic use)
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Debridement (methods)
• Female
• Humans
• Keratitis, Dendritic (therapy)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Prospective Studies
• Thymidine (analogs & derivatives)
• Time Factors
• Trifluridine (therapeutic use)
• Wound Healing