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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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