Long-Term Outcome After Superficial Keratectomy of the Abnormal Epithelium for Partial Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency.

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Takehiro MatsumuraJun Shimazaki

Abstract

To investigate the etiology and long-term surgical prognosis of the abnormal epithelium for partial limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD), following superficial keratectomy DESIGN: Retrospective, interventional case series METHODS: This single-center, retrospective study was conducted to assess the prognosis of consecutive patients who underwent superficial keratectomy, with or without amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT), for the treatment of partial LSCD, from 2010 to 2019. We analyzed the etiologies of partial LSCD, surgical success rate, prognosis for recurrent cases, and the improvement in visual acuity. We included 40 patients (51 eyes) with partial LSCD. All eyes were in clinical stage II without dense fibrovascular tissue. Idiopathy was the most common etiology (39%), followed by multiple surgeries involving the corneoscleral limbus (19%). All eyes attained corneal reepithelialization and transparency. Furthermore, the visual acuity improved or remained unchanged postoperatively. We observed recurrence in 19 eyes (37%) with a mean follow-up period of 26.3 months. Despite no significant difference in the recurrence rates among different etiologies, postoperative delayed epithelialization and extensive limbal involvement ...Continue Reading

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