COMBINED PERILIMBAL CORNEA BIOSTIMULATION AND PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATOSTROMECTOMY METHOD FOR TREATING THE CASES OF EPITHELIOENDOTHELIAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY

摘要

FIELD: medicine. ^ SUBSTANCE: method involves immersing 5-6 mm wide and 16-18 mm long amnion strip along eye boundary around the limb by means of surgical needle. The immersion is started from superoexterior eye quadrant without tension according to purse-string suture placing type. Proximal and distal strip end is cut at the level of external conjunctiva surface above the upper eyelid. Phototherapeutic keratostromectomy is done 7-10 days later. ^ EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment; stable treatment result; reduced drug consumption. ^ 1 tbl