Assessment of surgical outcomes of limbal transplantation using simple limbal epithelial transplantation technique in patients with total unilateral limbal deficiency

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the novel simple limbal epithelial transplantation (SLET) technique, which reduces the risk of iatrogenic limbal stem cell deficiency in the donor eye. Four patients with total unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency received a limbal graft,...

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Main Authors: Ana Gabriela Queiroz, Martina Maria Oiticica Barbosa, Myrna Serapião Santos, Telma Pereira Barreiro, José Álvaro Pereira Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2016-04-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492016000200116&lng=en&tlng=en