title: 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007635:Keratitis, Dendritic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013936:Thymidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013997:Time Factors; D014271:Trifluridine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D014271:Trifluridine; D013936:Thymidine