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A retrospective study including 22 patients who have undergone amniotic membrane transplant in our unit up till 2016. Confocal microscopy and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) were performed to assess the retention of amniotic membrane and to detect any corneal structural changes. Comparison was made with 5 controls who had bullous keratopathy awaiting endothelial keratoplasty.
This retrospective cohort study (CREC Ref No.: CRE-2013.687) was approved by the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong-New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee. All patients who had AMT done due to symptomatic bullous keratopathy at the Prince of Wales Hospital and Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital (from 1998 onwards till June 2016) were invited back for confocal microscopy and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) at the clinic by the principal investigator (GS) from October to November 2016.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case(AMT patients) | patients who have undergone amniotic membrane transplant in our unit up till 2016. |
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| Control(Patients without AMT) | bullous keratopathy patients awaiting endothelial keratoplasty |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amniotic membrane transplant | Procedure | Amniotic membrane graft was transplanted onto the bullous cornea by the inlay technique |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Amniotic membrane retention | Amniotic membrane retention in the cornea was assessed with confocal microscopy | from date of operation till 2016 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Pain | pain score (from 0-10, scale interval 1, 0 no pain, 10 most painful)reduction after amniotic membrane tranplant | from date of operation till 2016 |
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Cases who have undergone amniotic membrane transplant in our unit up till 2016 and controls who had bullous keratopathy awaiting endothelial keratoplasty
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Gillian DJ Siu, MBChB | The Prince of Wales Hospital | Principal Investigator |
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