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  • Regenerative Medicine

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  • Corneal epithelial stem cells reside in the limbus, crucial for maintaining corneal transparency.
  • Dysfunction or deficiency of these stem cells leads to limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD).
  • LSCD is a significant cause of corneal scarring, particularly after chemical or thermal burns, resulting in vision impairment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and compare various surgical techniques for limbal stem cell transplantation (LSCT).
  • To evaluate the success rates and discuss postoperative complications associated with different LSCT methods.

Main Methods:

  • Review of surgical techniques for LSCT.
  • Examination of success rates and postoperative complications for conjunctival limbal autograft (CLAU), cultivated limbal stem cell transplantation (CLET), simple limbal epithelial transplantation (SLET), and limbal allografts (KLAL, LR-CLAL).

Main Results:

  • LSCT techniques aim to restore the limbal stem cell pool to regenerate the corneal epithelium.
  • Different LSCT methods exhibit varying success rates and complication profiles.
  • Successful LSCT can reverse LSCD-related pathologies like conjunctivalization and neovascularization.

Conclusions:

  • LSCT offers viable therapeutic options for patients with LSCD.
  • Understanding the nuances of each LSCT technique is critical for optimizing patient outcomes.
  • Further research into LSCT efficacy and safety is warranted to improve vision restoration in corneal diseases.