[Use of fresh amnion in the treatment of corneal diseases]

The effects of fresh amnion on the course of morbid processes in corneal ulcers and burn disease of the anterior segment of the eye were investigated. The cornea was coated with amnion in 15 eyes with deep bacterial ulcers, in 10 eyes with herpetic ulcers of the cornea, and in 8 eyes with second and third-degree corneal and conjunctival burns. The amnion was obtained in cesarean section and fixed to the limbal conjunctiva with an uninterrupted suture all around. The next day after surgery the pain syndrome reduced, as did photophobia and blepharospasm in all the patients. In the group of patients with bacterial ulcers the cornea epithelialized on days 5-11, in those with herpetic ulcers on days 10-15, and in those with burns on days 8-12 after amnion coating. No cases with suppuration of the burnt surface when coated with the amnion were recorded. The amnion slid off the cornea on days 7-10 after it was layered on.