[Clinical results of amniotic membrane transplantation in Miyata Eye Hospital according to surgical methods].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate clinical results of amniotic membrane transplantation according to three methods : graft, patching, and stuffing.


METHODS
We retrospectively reviewed 65 patients(65 eyes) who received amniotic membrane transplantation by the three methods, graft, patching or stuffing during the period of March 1998 to May 2003 in the Miyata Eye Hospital. Application of surgery was determined as follows : graft with limbal transplantation for limbal dysfunction, patching for prolonged epithelial defect, and stuffing for corneal perforation. The criteria of success were defined as corneal and conjunctival epithelialization and prevention of invasion of proliferative tissues beyond the limbus for graft, corneal epithelialization for patching, and occlusion of perforated cornea at first use for stuffing, respectively.
Hara
Ryuhei
R
Miyata Eye Hospital. 6-3 Kurahara, Miyakonojo 885-0051, Japan.
Miyata
Kazunori
K
Miyai
Takashi
T
Nejima
Ryohei
R
Yonemura
Takahiro
T
Noda
Shunichi
S
Amano
Shiro
S
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000650:Amnion / Q000637:transplantation*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods