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Minor salivary glands and labial mucous membrane graft in the treatment of severe symblepharon and dry eye in patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

AbstractOBJECTIVE:
To evaluate minor salivary glands and labial mucous membrane graft in patients with severe symblepharon and dry eye secondary to Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS).
METHODS:
A prospective, non-comparative, interventional case series of 19 patients with severe symblepharon and dry eye secondary to SJS who underwent labial mucous membrane and minor salivary glands transplantation. A complete ophthalmic examination including the Schirmer I test was performed prior to and following surgery. All patients had a preoperative Schirmer I test value of zero.
RESULTS:
Nineteen patients with severe symblepharon and dry eye secondary to SJS were included in the study. There was a statistically significant improvement in the best spectacle-corrected visual acuity in eight patients (t test; p=0.0070). Values obtained in the Schirmer I test improved significantly in 14 eyes (73.7%) 6 months following surgery (χ(2) test; p=0.0094). A statistically significant increase in tear production (Schirmer I test) was found in eyes that received more than 10 glands per graft compared with eyes that received fewer glands (χ(2) test; p=0.0096). Corneal transparency improved significantly in 11 (72.2%) eyes and corneal neovascularisation improved significantly in five eyes (29.4%) (McNemar test; p=0.001 and p=0.0005). The symptoms questionnaire revealed improvement in foreign body sensation in 53.6% of the patients, in photophobia in 50.2% and in pain in 54.8% (Kruskal-Wallis test; p=0.0167).
CONCLUSION:
Labial mucous membrane and minor salivary glands transplantation were found to constitute a good option for the treatment of severe symblepharon and dry eye secondary to SJS. This may be considered as a step prior to limbal stem cell and corneal transplantation in these patients.
AuthorsAna Estela B P P Sant' Anna, Rossen M Hazarbassanov, Denise de Freitas, José Álvaro P Gomes
JournalThe British journal of ophthalmology (Br J Ophthalmol) Vol. 96 Issue 2 Pg. 234-9 (Feb 2012) ISSN: 1468-2079 [Electronic] England
PMID21527414 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Conjunctival Diseases (etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
  • Cornea (physiopathology)
  • Dry Eye Syndromes (etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
  • Eyelid Diseases (etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Labial Frenum
  • Male
  • Mouth Mucosa (transplantation)
  • Prospective Studies
  • Salivary Glands, Minor (transplantation)
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (complications)
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Suture Techniques
  • Tears (physiology)
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Visual Acuity (physiology)

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