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Limbal Stem Cell Allografts and Corneal Transplant in a Patient with Severe Corneal Melting and Perforation due to Thermokeratoplasty and Cross-Linking Treatment Burn

PURPOSE: To report corneal stem cell allografts in a patient with a persistent epithelial defect as well as corneal melting and perforation due to severe ultraviolet light burn and thermokeratoplasty treatment for keratoconus. METHODS: A 21-year-old female patient with corneal melting, perforation a...

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Autores principales: Garduño-Vieyra, Leopoldo, Gonzalez, Claudia Ruth, Hernandez-Da Mota, Sergio E.
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Publicado: S. Karger AG 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3506062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23185178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000343771
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author Garduño-Vieyra, Leopoldo
Gonzalez, Claudia Ruth
Hernandez-Da Mota, Sergio E.
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Gonzalez, Claudia Ruth
Hernandez-Da Mota, Sergio E.
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description PURPOSE: To report corneal stem cell allografts in a patient with a persistent epithelial defect as well as corneal melting and perforation due to severe ultraviolet light burn and thermokeratoplasty treatment for keratoconus. METHODS: A 21-year-old female patient with corneal melting, perforation and a persistent epithelial defect in her left eye secondary to iatrogenic treatment for keratoconus, thermokeratoplasty and cross-linking was treated with penetrating keratoplasty, using a 9.0-mm diameter corneal graft and limbal stem cell allograft implants. At the end of the procedure, subtenonian injections of a combination of bevacizumab and triamcinolone were given. RESULTS: The patient had a favorable outcome 48 h after surgery, with an improvement of symptoms and a complete corneal healing. By the third week after surgery, she had a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/60 and a clear corneal graft, which remained stable for the 9 months of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with limbal stem cell allografts and penetrating keratoplasty in a female patient with a large corneal defect and melting in her left eye was effective. Larger studies are warranted to explore the real impact of this procedure.
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spelling pubmed-35060622012-11-26 Limbal Stem Cell Allografts and Corneal Transplant in a Patient with Severe Corneal Melting and Perforation due to Thermokeratoplasty and Cross-Linking Treatment Burn Garduño-Vieyra, Leopoldo Gonzalez, Claudia Ruth Hernandez-Da Mota, Sergio E. Case Rep Ophthalmol Published online: October, 2012 PURPOSE: To report corneal stem cell allografts in a patient with a persistent epithelial defect as well as corneal melting and perforation due to severe ultraviolet light burn and thermokeratoplasty treatment for keratoconus. METHODS: A 21-year-old female patient with corneal melting, perforation and a persistent epithelial defect in her left eye secondary to iatrogenic treatment for keratoconus, thermokeratoplasty and cross-linking was treated with penetrating keratoplasty, using a 9.0-mm diameter corneal graft and limbal stem cell allograft implants. At the end of the procedure, subtenonian injections of a combination of bevacizumab and triamcinolone were given. RESULTS: The patient had a favorable outcome 48 h after surgery, with an improvement of symptoms and a complete corneal healing. By the third week after surgery, she had a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/60 and a clear corneal graft, which remained stable for the 9 months of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with limbal stem cell allografts and penetrating keratoplasty in a female patient with a large corneal defect and melting in her left eye was effective. Larger studies are warranted to explore the real impact of this procedure. S. Karger AG 2012-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3506062/ /pubmed/23185178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000343771 Text en Copyright © 2012 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published online: October, 2012
Garduño-Vieyra, Leopoldo
Gonzalez, Claudia Ruth
Hernandez-Da Mota, Sergio E.
Limbal Stem Cell Allografts and Corneal Transplant in a Patient with Severe Corneal Melting and Perforation due to Thermokeratoplasty and Cross-Linking Treatment Burn
title Limbal Stem Cell Allografts and Corneal Transplant in a Patient with Severe Corneal Melting and Perforation due to Thermokeratoplasty and Cross-Linking Treatment Burn
title_full Limbal Stem Cell Allografts and Corneal Transplant in a Patient with Severe Corneal Melting and Perforation due to Thermokeratoplasty and Cross-Linking Treatment Burn
title_fullStr Limbal Stem Cell Allografts and Corneal Transplant in a Patient with Severe Corneal Melting and Perforation due to Thermokeratoplasty and Cross-Linking Treatment Burn
title_full_unstemmed Limbal Stem Cell Allografts and Corneal Transplant in a Patient with Severe Corneal Melting and Perforation due to Thermokeratoplasty and Cross-Linking Treatment Burn
title_short Limbal Stem Cell Allografts and Corneal Transplant in a Patient with Severe Corneal Melting and Perforation due to Thermokeratoplasty and Cross-Linking Treatment Burn
title_sort limbal stem cell allografts and corneal transplant in a patient with severe corneal melting and perforation due to thermokeratoplasty and cross-linking treatment burn
topic Published online: October, 2012
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3506062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23185178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000343771
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