Long-term outcomes of cultivated cell sheet transplantation for treating total limbal stem cell deficiency.

CONCLUSIONS: In this series, the success rate of CCST after a mean observation period of 357 weeks was 65.1%, and preoperative epithelial defect was the most relevant risk factor.
PMID: 32599277 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Ocular Surface - June 25, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Shimazaki J, Satake Y, Higa K, Yamaguchi T, Noma H, Tsubota K Tags: Ocul Surf Source Type: research