DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20203466

Management of a case of symblepharon by freshly prepared amniotic membrane transplantation: a clinical case report

Mamoni Baruah, Rajiv Kr. Das, Bikram Dam, Sunanda Nandi

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.


Keywords


Amniotic membrane transplantation, Conjunctivitis, Symblepharon

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