[Epithel regeneration inhibition in the treatment of Trifluorothymidin (F3TDR) (author's transl)].

After well-defined chemical and mechanical removal of the corneal epithelium from 38 rabbit eyes 19 right eyes were treated with F3TDR (Trifluorothymidine) 6 times daily, whereas the 19 left eyes were with physiologic NaCl-solution 6 times daily. The epithelial regeneration was compared with the contralateral controll-eye. No significant difference was found between both eye-series. The short-timed high dosage of F3TDR seems to have no delaying effect on epithelial regeneration.