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Simple Oral Mucosal Epithelial Transplantation in a Patient With Bilateral Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency
1Department of Ophthalmology, Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey .
Purpose:
To present management of a patient with bilateral limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) by using "simple oral mucosal epithelial transplantation" (SOMET) technique.
Methods:
Case report.
Results:
A 65-year-old female diagnosed with bilateral LSCD based on clinical findings. After stabilizing the ocular surface, we performed SOMET in the right eye. At 13 months postoperatively, visual acuity improved from counting fingers to 10/100 and a stable epithelium with regressed corneal vascularization was observed.
Conclusions:
This report showed that SOMET seems to be an alternative technique in LSCD.
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