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Amniotic membrane graft in the surgical management of cryptophthalmos
Jay M Stewart1, Sarada David, Stuart R Seiff
1Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0344, USA.
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|September 28, 2002
Abstract
Purpose:
To describe a case of cryptophthalmos in which an amniotic membrane graft was used in reconstruction of the upper eyelid and fornix.
Methods:
The surgical history of a patient with partial cryptophthalmos is presented.
Results:
Successful creation of a superior fornix in a case of partial cryptophthalmos was achieved only after an amniotic membrane graft was used.
Conclusions:
Amniotic membrane is a useful resource for fornix reconstruction in cryptophthalmos.