Amniotic membrane is used as a patch-graft or an inlay-onlay graft in the case of corneal or scleral melt. It is used to fill the defect and replace stromal matrix loss caused by the melt.

Next, the amniotic membrane graft is placed over the cornea and ocular surface of your eye. It’s placed sticky-side down to help it stay in place. Last, sutures or fibrin glue are used to keep ...

When the ocular surface is covered with a human amniotic membrane, the healing process is promoted, and the pathological process is suppressed. Several methods have been reported for the ...

Sutureless amniotic membrane (ProKera) was found to be partially or completely effective in corneal healing or symptomatic relief in just under two thirds of the eyes in our series.

Transplantation of amniotic membrane to provide a substrate for regenerating epithelial cells has been found to be effective in reconstructing the corneal surface in rabbits. 13 Transplantation of ...

Researchers have designed and tested a novel, minute-long procedure to prepare human amniotic membrane for use as a scaffold for specialized stem cells that may be used to treat some corneal diseases.

To determine the primary success and recurrence rate of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) for the treatment of persistent corneal epithelial defects (PEDs) in eyes after penetrating ...

The scientists demonstrated applying the growth technique in treating diseases of the cornea, using stem cells, in 70 test animals (rabbits). ... Once in the amniotic membrane, ...

Hi, my name is Jeff Wongs and I'm a cornea specialist in the Kansas City metro area. The title of our study is "Ocular Surface Optimization, With Cryopreserved Amniotic Membrane Prior to Cataract ...

Introduction. Amniotic membrane has been used widely in the treatment of ocular surface disease since early 1990s. [] The usefulness of amniotic membrane has been attributed to its anti ...