Yulia Aziza, Kojiro Imai, Motohiro Itoi, Hokoru Yoshioka, Seitaro Komai, Koji Kitazawa, Ratna Sitompul, Mayumi Ueta, Hideki Fukuoka, Tsutomu Inatomi, Shigeru Kinoshita, Chie Sotozono
PURPOSE: To provide the long-term outcome of patients with end-stage severe ocular surface disease (OSD) consecutively treated with cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation (COMET) followed by limbal-rigid contact lens (CL)-wear therapy. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. METHODS: In 23 eyes of 18 patients with severe OSD who underwent COMET surgery between 2002 and 2019 and who were followed with limbal-rigid CL-wear therapy for at least 1 year postoperative, patient demographics, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA, logMAR), Ocular Surface Grading Scores (OSGS), surgical indication and adverse events were reviewed...
November 2, 2023: British Journal of Ophthalmology