Place of the transplantation of the amniotic membrane in the treatment of corneal diseases concomitant with corneal neovascularization
Novitskiĭ, I.I.
Vestnik Oftalmologii 119(6): 9-12
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-465X PMID: 14708164 Document Number: 564347
Published data and authors' independent observations related with the influence produced by the transplantation of the amniotic sac on corneal neovascularization are described. The epithelial-and-stromal corneal defect as well as the limbic epithelium deficit with a subsequent conjunctivization of the corneal epithelium and corneal neovascularization are one of the key mechanisms of corneal neovascularization. The amniotic sac transplantation, made for the purpose of reconstructing the eye surface, ensures the conditions for a fast recovery of the corneal epithelium and, thus, prevent the corneal neovascularization. The surgery can be recommended as an effective treatment technique applicable to corneal pathologies concomitant with the limbic epithelium deficit, persistent epithelial-and-stromal corneal defect and with the corneal neovascularization.