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Efficiency of Photodynamic Therapy and Avastin in Treatment of Corneal Neovascularization in Rabbit's Eye

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Radiation and environmental biophysics

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) by using argon laser with rose bengal (Herbs) as a photosensitizer when compared to the Avastin for treatment of corneal neovascularization (CNV) in rabbits. Thirty-Nine New Zealand male rabbits aged 2.5 months and weighing 2.5-3 kg are selected from the animal house of research institute of ophthalmology, Giza, Egypt. Three rabbits are used as control, and 36 rabbits are subjected to corneal neovascularization (CNV) induced by 3 silk sutures at mid-stromal depth approximately 1 mm from the limbus. After four days, sutures are removed and slit lamp examinations are performed to determine the area of CNV. Rabbits with CNV are divided into 3 groups: (1) The first group left without any treatment(n=12); (2) The second group (n=12 rabbits) were generally anesthetized and rose bengal(C20H4Cl4I4O5) with a dose of 50 mg/Kg was administered by slow intravenous injection in the marginal ear vein. After 15 minutes, rabbit's eyes were exposed to argon laser(Quantel-Medical, Vitra, France) in a pulsed mode at 532 nm, spot size of 50 μm, pulse duration of 0.2 ms and a power of 150-200 mW/cm 2.; (3) The third group are treated with subconjunctival injection of 25 mg Avastin (n=12). The rabbits are followed up for 4 weeks and 3 rabbits are selected and sacrificed weekly from each group. The corneas are isolated for determination of protein content, SDS-poly acrylamide gel electrophoresis, total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and total oxidative capacity (TOC). Final results show that avastin is almost as effective as photodynamic therapy.

DOI

10.21608/ejbbe.2018.2840.1014

Keywords

Corneal neovascularization (CNV), Photodynamic therapy (PDT), argon laser, Avastin

Authors

First Name

Mohamed Ismail

Last Name

El gohary

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Affiliation

Physics Dpt., faculty of science (boys), Al azhar University

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mohelgohary@yahoo.com

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55

First Name

Salwa

Last Name

Abdelkawi

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Department of Vision Science, Biophysics and Laser Science Unit, Research Institute of Ophthalmology

Email

saelkawi@yahoo.com

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First Name

Aziza

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Ophthalmic Unit, National Institute for Laser Enhanced Science, Cairo University

Email

aziza_email@yahoo.com

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-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Saif

MiddleName

Tamer

Affiliation

Ophthalmology Department, Fayoum University

Email

ahmed@sayedsaif.com

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First Name

Ayman

Last Name

El Shinawy

MiddleName

Salah

Affiliation

Physics Dpt., faculty of science (boys), Al azhar University

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ayman_salah8@yahoo.com

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18

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1

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1713

Issue Date

2017-12-01

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2018-02-05

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2017-12-01

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46

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55

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1110-8525

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2357-0911

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109

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Egyptian Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics

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https://ejbbe.journals.ekb.eg/

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Efficiency of Photodynamic Therapy and Avastin in Treatment of Corneal Neovascularization in Rabbit's Eye

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22 Jan 2023