TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of intraepithelial conjunctival tumors and squamous cell carcinomas
AU - Fraunfelder, F. T.
AU - Wingfield, D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Accepted for publication Dec. 6, 1982. From the John E. Weeks Institute of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon (Dr. Fraunfelder); and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas (Dr. Wingfield). This study was supported in part by a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness. Reprint requests to Frederick T. Fraunfelder, M.D., John Ε. Weeks Institute of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97201.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - We compared the effects of excision, extensive freezing with a liquid nitrogen spray, and combined therapy with excision and superficial freezing with a liquid nitrogen probe on intraepithelial conjunctival tumors. After follow-up periods of at least 36 months, excision and extensive freezing produced recurrence rates similar to those previously reported (two of six lesions treated with excision alone recurred and three of nine treated with extensive freezing recurred), but excision combined with superficial freezing produced a recurrence rate of only 8% (two of 23 lesions recurred), almost three times better than any previously reported. Both lesions recurred in patients who had undergone previous therapy.
AB - We compared the effects of excision, extensive freezing with a liquid nitrogen spray, and combined therapy with excision and superficial freezing with a liquid nitrogen probe on intraepithelial conjunctival tumors. After follow-up periods of at least 36 months, excision and extensive freezing produced recurrence rates similar to those previously reported (two of six lesions treated with excision alone recurred and three of nine treated with extensive freezing recurred), but excision combined with superficial freezing produced a recurrence rate of only 8% (two of 23 lesions recurred), almost three times better than any previously reported. Both lesions recurred in patients who had undergone previous therapy.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)78306-0
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)78306-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 6829682
AN - SCOPUS:0020660104
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 95
SP - 359
EP - 363
JO - American journal of ophthalmology
JF - American journal of ophthalmology
IS - 3
ER -