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 heal itmelfe which itws very good at doing. There
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 are clinical trlal8 right :_ows a multi-center
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 clinical trial going on using a material called 5-
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 f!uorouracli either as a topical drop or as an
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 injection into the tissue i_ediately around the eye,
 6 the soft layers, and this is an antl-neoplastlc agent
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 that is used to prevent cell g_'owth so that when the
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 surgeon doee the surgery_ they then apply this
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 material to prevent the cells _rom coming in.
 _0 Of course the newest thing, which has
 proven very successful _ is this laser
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 trabeculoplasty, which originated in Arizona or by a
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 gentleman in Arizona.
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 ..... _ _Now, yOU mentioned :surgery can result in
 15 serious compllcationso Would that include blindness?
 16 _ No, it's very unusual _or that to happen.
 17 The surgery_ the worst case condition wlth surgery is
 1_ that you're going to be back at square one. In other
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 words, you're not going to lose anything by doing its
 _ 20 but you're not going to -- if you gain, terrific. If
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 you don'te if the lesion heels up, then you're going
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 to be back at square one again, as you were pre-
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 surgery.
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 _ quess I _hould ask= what kind of serious
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 compllcations are you talking about when you say it
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