Surgical treatment of 32 cases of long-term atopic keratoconjunctivitis using the amniotic membrane

Self-retained cryopreserved amniotic membrane for treating severe corneal ulcers: a comparative, retrospective control study

“…The use of sutureless self-retained cryopreserved AM allows early intervention as it can be performed in the office not only to facilitate the treatment but also to reduce the overall cost. Previously, a number of reports have shown the effectiveness of single 15,16,[18][19][20][21][22]26,27,29,32 or multiple [15][16][17][18][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]30,31,33 layers of sutured AM for infectious 5,6,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]25,27,28,33 or non-infectious 15,17,18,[21][22][23][24]…”

“…The use of sutureless self-retained cryopreserved AM allows early intervention as it can be performed in the office not only to facilitate the treatment but also to reduce the overall cost. Previously, a number of reports have shown the effectiveness of single 15 , 16 , 18 – 22 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 32 or multiple 15 – 18 , 20 – 28 , 30 , 31 , 33 layers of sutured AM for infectious 5 , 6 , 15 – 23 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 33 or non-infectious 15 , 17 , 18 , 21 – 26 , 28 – 32 corneal ulcers and several reports have similarly shown the effectiveness of sutureless AM for infectious 7 – 10 and non-infectious 7 , 12 – 14 corneal ulcers. The three retrospective case series 7 – 10 that evaluated self-retained AM for infectious corneal ulcers showed healing in 66–100% of cases in as little as 4 days along with reduced ocular surface inflammation and improved VA during 3–51 months of follow-up.…”

Cryopreserved Amniotic Membrane, Autologous Serum Eye Drops, and Tea-Tree Oil Lid Scrubs in combination for the treatment of Keratoconjunctivitis in a Staphylococcus Hypersensitive Teenager

“…Prokera amniotic membranes are indicated in mild to severe corneal inflammation and infection. [24][25][26][27] The wear time for this treatment is five to tendays. 25 Cheng et al 25 demonstrated that a five daywear time for the treatment of moderate dry eye disease resolved all cases of superficial punctate keratitis in 15 eyes in this study.…”

Amniotic membrane allografts: development and clinical utility in ophthalmology

“…Palamar et al 41 recently reported on their experience using amniotic membrane for ocular surface reconstruction following the excision of ocular surface squamous neoplasia and found it to be effective for large conjunctival defects. Yang et al 42 recently reported that patients with severe chronic atopic keratoconjunctivitis could benefit from surgical management using amniotic membrane. Amniotic membrane has also been used to prevent scarring in trabeculectomy.…”