Histological, immunohistochemical and clinical considerations on amniotic membrane transplant for ocular surface reconstruction.

Elena Şapte, Claudia Florida Costea, Alexandru Cărăuleanu, Cristina Dancă, Gabriela FlorenŢa Dumitrescu, Gabriela Dimitriu, Mădălina Adriana Chihaia, Cătălin Mihai Buzdugă, Andrei Cucu, Mihaela Dana Turliuc

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology 2017

Amniotic membrane (AM) transplantation has been used successfully worldwide in ophthalmology plastic surgery for over 100 years. This review presents the histological and the immunohistochemical features of AM compared to those of the conjunctiva and discusses the techniques of processing and preservation, its mechanism of action in ocular reconstruction, its clinical ophthalmic indications, but also advantages and limitations of grafting with this biomaterial.

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