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Outcomes of Limbal Stem Cell‏ ‏Transplantation in Limbal Stem Cell‏ ‏Deficiency

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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ABSTRACT: ‎
Purpose: to evaluate the surgical outcomes and possible complications of limbal stem cell ‎transplantation procedures‏ ‏including‏ ‏keratolimbal autograft (KLAU) transplantation and ‎keratolimbal allograft (KLAL) transplantation.‎
Methods: This prospective interventional clinical trial included “17 eyes" of patients (with ‎mean of age of 56.56 ±7.53 years) with limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD), at Benha University ‎Hospitals, in between May 2022 & May 2024.‎
Results: The obtained results of this study showed a statistically significant difference ‎‎(improvement of VA) between pre-operative and post-operative (after 3 Months) visual acuity ‎among studied eyes (p-value

DOI

10.21608/bmfj.2024.297728.2106

Keywords

cornea, Limbal stem cell‏s (LSCs), Limbal stem cell‎‏ ‏deficiency (LSCD), keratolimbal autograft ‎‎(KLAU), keratolimbal allograft (KLAL).‎

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Bayoumy

MiddleName

Sherin

Affiliation

Ophthalmology department, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha University , Qalyubia, Egypt

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docrezk92@gmail.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Rezk

MiddleName

Moustafa

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Ophthalmology department, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha University , Benha, Qalubyia, Egypt

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rezkophth@gmail.com

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Benha

Orcid

0009-0008-7821-112X

First Name

Amr

Last Name

Sharawy

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Ophthalmology department, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha University , Benha, Qalubyia, Egypt

Email

mrezk1992@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Shereef

Last Name

Abdelwahab

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Ophthalmology department, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha University , Benha, Qalubyia, Egypt

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ophthrezk@gmail.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Masoud

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Gamal

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Ophthalmology department, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha University , Benha, Qalubyia, Egypt

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mrezk1092@gmail.com

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Benha

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Volume

42

Article Issue

3

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54154

Issue Date

2025-03-01

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2024-06-15

Publish Date

2025-03-01

Page Start

113

Page End

122

Print ISSN

1110-208X

Online ISSN

2357-0016

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BMFJ_Volume 42_Issue 3_Pages 113-122.pdf

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Benha Medical Journal

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Outcomes of Limbal Stem Cell‏ ‏Transplantation in Limbal Stem Cell‏ ‏Deficiency

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09 Mar 2025