Systematic review and meta-analysis on transplantation of ex vivo cultivated limbal epithelial stem cell on amniotic membrane in limbal stem cell deficiency

• Published in: Cornea Vol. 34; no. 5; p. 592
• Main Authors: Zhao, Yuan, Ma, Lei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Amnion; Cells, Cultured; Corneal Diseases - surgery; Epithelial Cells - transplantation; Humans; Limbus Corneae - cytology; Stem Cell Transplantation - methods; Stem Cells - cytology; Stem Cells - pathology; Tissue Scaffolds; Transplantation, Autologous

Ex vivo cultured limbal epithelial transplantation (CLET) with amniotic membrane (AM) as the substrate is a relatively new type of surgical therapy in treating limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD). We summarize available evidence for determining the efficiency of this technique by a systematic review...