Management of a case of symblepharon by freshly prepared amniotic membrane transplantation: a clinical case report
Abstract
Amniotic membrane transplantation has been in common therapeutic use for a variety of ocular disorders. Authors present a case of a 50-year-old man who was diagnosed to be a case of total symblepharon following an episode of membranous conjunctivitis who was treated with freshly prepared Amniotic membrane transplantation with satisfactory cosmetic result.
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