„MAGIC“ AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE IN EYE SURGERY

TEONA TCHANUKVADZE; NINO KARANADZE; TINATIN JIKURASHVILI

doi:10.52340/jecm.2023.01.02

„MAGIC“ AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE IN EYE SURGERY

Authors

TEONA TCHANUKVADZE Tbilisi State Medical University
NINO KARANADZE Tbilisi State Medical University
TINATIN JIKURASHVILI Tbilisi State Medical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52340/jecm.2023.01.02

Keywords:

eye surgery, amniotic membrane, corneal perforation

Abstract

Our goal is to prove that during corneal perforation, when it is larger than 3 mm, we should not rush to perform keratoplasty (cornea transplant). First, we should do our best and fight to the end to preserve a patient's own cornea, in which the amniotic membrane will help us. In 15 patients with corneal perforation, where the size of the perforation exceeded 3-4 mm, surgical treatment was performed and a piece of the amniotic membrane was applied to the cornea. In 14 patients out of 15, their own cornea and moderate or high vision have been preserved. And only 1 patient required keratoplasty.

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