Abstract | INTRODUCTION: CASE: A 39 years male presented to Biratnagar Eye Hospital after 5 months of chemical injury with redness, pain, photophobia and gradual loss of vision. His visual acuity was counting fingers close to face in both eyes. Amniotic membrane transplantation alone was done in right eye while in left eye limbal stem cell allograft was combined with amniotic membrane transplantation. There was not much visual improvement in right eye while left eye improved significantly to 6/60. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | P A Kafle, S K Singh, I Sarkar, L Surin |
Journal | Nepalese journal of ophthalmology : a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal of the Nepal Ophthalmic Society : NEPJOPH
(Nepal J Ophthalmol)
2015 Jan-Jun
Vol. 7
Issue 1
Pg. 52-5
ISSN: 2072-6805 [Print] Nepal |
PMID | 26695606
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Copyright | © NEPjOPH. |
Chemical References |
- Calcium Compounds
- Oxides
- lime
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Topics |
- Adult
- Amnion
(transplantation)
- Burns, Chemical
(surgery)
- Calcium Compounds
- Corneal Diseases
(chemically induced, surgery)
- Eye Burns
(chemically induced, surgery)
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Limbus Corneae
(cytology)
- Male
- Oxides
- Stem Cell Transplantation
- Visual Acuity
(physiology)
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