title: [Clinical results of amniotic membrane transplantation in Miyata Eye Hospital according to surgical methods].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Miyata Eye Hospital. 6-3 Kurahara, Miyakonojo 885-0051, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuhei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyai
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nejima
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yonemura
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amano
mesh_terms: 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