J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 54(8); 2013 > Article
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2013;54(8):1180-1186.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2013.54.8.1180    Published online August 15, 2013.
Phototherapeutic Keratectomy with or without Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Symptomatic Bullous Keratopathy.
Hyo Seok Lee, Han Jin Oh, Kyung Chul Yoon
Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. kcyoon@jnu.ac.kr
수포각막병증에서 치료레이저각막절제술의 단독시행 또는 양막이식술과 동시시행의 치료효과 비교
이효석⋅오한진⋅윤경철
Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
Abstract
PURPOSE
We evaluated the therapeutic effects of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) with or without amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) in patients who had symptomatic bullous keratopathy with poor visual potential. METHODS: Twenty-five eyes of 25 patients with bullous keratopathy were reviewed retrospectively. Ten eyes (group A) were treated with PTK, and the other 15 eyes (group B) were treated with combined PTK and AMT. Changes of vision and symptoms, re-epithelization time, recurrence of bulla, central corneal thickness measured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography, and postoperative complications were analyzed. RESULTS: At post-operative 3 months, visual acuity improved in 2 patients in both A and B groups. Nine patients in group A (90%) and 13 patients in group B (86.7%) showed symptom improvement. Mean re-epithelization time was 12.40 +/- 4.33 days in group A and 8.13 +/- 1.19 days in group B (p > 0.05). In both groups, central corneal thickness decreased postoperatively without statistically significant difference between groups. At the final follow-up visit, epithelial bulla had not recurred in 7 eyes (70.0%) in group A and 12 eyes (80.0%) in group B. No postoperative complication was detected. CONCLUSIONS: PTK alone appears comparable to the combined treatment of PTK and AMT in terms of symptom improvement, re-epithelization time and recurrence rate.
Key Words: Amniotic membrane transplantation;Bullous keratopathy;Phototherapeutic keratectomy


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