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Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 5, Issue : 4, Year : 2019
Article Page : 534-538
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2019.124
Abstract
Purpose: Evolution of techniques of limbal stem cell transplantation for restoration of ocular surface in
ocular surface disorder with limbal stem cell deficiency.
Materials and Methods: It is an observational study in which 32 eyes of LSCD were observed with
different surgical techniques. Outcome parameters were evaluated in terms of visual acuity, corneal clarity,
symblepharon score, vascularisation. Statistical analysis was done using Annova t-test with significance
level P (<0> Result: The mean preoperative logMAR best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in CLAU, SLET, KLAU, and
KLAL were 2.150.70, 2.700.20, 2.750.22 and 2.800.11 respectively which improved to 1.250.50,
2.000.42, 2.010.15 and 2.300.18 respectively after 6 months of follow up. Improvement in structural
parameter were also seen in different surgical techniques.
Conclusion: Patients in which CLAU and SLET technique were used, had shown better improvement in
Visual and structural outcome as compared to those in which KLAU and KLAL technique were used.
Keywords: Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD), Limbal stem cell transplantation (LSCT) Auto conjunctival limbal graft (CLAU), Simple limbal epithelial transplantation (SLET), Keratolimbal autograft (KLAU), Keratolimbal allograft (KLAU), Amniotic membrane transplant (AMT).
How to cite : Kubrey S S, Pachole S, Kumar K, Evolution of techniques of limbal stem cell transplantation for restoration of ocular surface in ocular surface disorder with limbal stem cell deficiency. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019;5(4):534-538
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