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CLINICAL STUDY
COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Concomitant Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation After Surgical Excision of Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia.
American Journal of Ophthalmology 2017 Februrary
PURPOSE: To compare the surgical outcomes of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) following wide excisional biopsy with and without primary simple limbal epithelial transplantation (p-SLET).
DESIGN: Nonrandomized clinical study with historical controls.
METHODS: setting: Single-institutional study.
PATIENTS: Eight patients who underwent wide excisional biopsy of OSSN without p-SLET (historical controls) and 7 patients with p-SLET (cases).
INTERVENTION: Wide excisional biopsy, p-SLET.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD).
RESULTS: The tumor features of cases vs historical controls, including mean number of limbal clock hours affected by OSSN (6 vs 4; P = .12), mean tumor basal dimension (13 mm vs 8 mm; P = .11), and mean number of clock hours of corneoscleral limbal dissection owing to wide tumor excision (8 vs 7; P = .12), were comparable. The occurrence of partial LSCD in historical controls vs cases was 75% vs 0% (P = .007) at a mean follow-up period of 12 months in both groups. Of these 6 historical controls that developed LSCD, pannus was noted in 1 (13%) and pseudopterygium extending onto the cornea in 5 (63%) patients. The mean number of clock hours of LSCD was 3 (median, 2; range, 2-6) in these historical controls. The mean time interval between surgical excision of OSSN and onset of LSCD was 8 weeks (median, 6 weeks; range, 6-12 weeks).
CONCLUSION: Corneoscleral limbal dissection of ≥6 clock hours during wide excision of OSSN can cause LSCD. Concomitant p-SLET after surgical excision of OSSN prevents LSCD in cases requiring extensive corneoscleral limbal dissection.
DESIGN: Nonrandomized clinical study with historical controls.
METHODS: setting: Single-institutional study.
PATIENTS: Eight patients who underwent wide excisional biopsy of OSSN without p-SLET (historical controls) and 7 patients with p-SLET (cases).
INTERVENTION: Wide excisional biopsy, p-SLET.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD).
RESULTS: The tumor features of cases vs historical controls, including mean number of limbal clock hours affected by OSSN (6 vs 4; P = .12), mean tumor basal dimension (13 mm vs 8 mm; P = .11), and mean number of clock hours of corneoscleral limbal dissection owing to wide tumor excision (8 vs 7; P = .12), were comparable. The occurrence of partial LSCD in historical controls vs cases was 75% vs 0% (P = .007) at a mean follow-up period of 12 months in both groups. Of these 6 historical controls that developed LSCD, pannus was noted in 1 (13%) and pseudopterygium extending onto the cornea in 5 (63%) patients. The mean number of clock hours of LSCD was 3 (median, 2; range, 2-6) in these historical controls. The mean time interval between surgical excision of OSSN and onset of LSCD was 8 weeks (median, 6 weeks; range, 6-12 weeks).
CONCLUSION: Corneoscleral limbal dissection of ≥6 clock hours during wide excision of OSSN can cause LSCD. Concomitant p-SLET after surgical excision of OSSN prevents LSCD in cases requiring extensive corneoscleral limbal dissection.
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