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Research Articles Issue 2 · 2015 · pp. 200–205 · Issue page

HUMAN AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE FOR ACUTE SEVERE ALKALI BURN – 100 % VISUAL ACUITY RECOVERY

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Alina Gheorghe1
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Monica Pop2
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Calin- Petru TATARU3
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Constantin MIHAI4
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Miruna CIOBOATA5
1 MD, PhD Student, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest
2 MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest
3 MD, PhD, Emergency Eye Hospital, Lecturer University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest
4 MD, PhD, ALCOR Clinic, Bucharest
5 MD, PhD, Emergency Eye Hospital, Bucharest
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 27 March 2026
Available Online 15 November 2015
Abstract
OUR PURPOSE IS TO REPORT TWO CASES OF ACUTE ALKALI EYE BURN TREATED WITH AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE PATCH. BECAUSE THE OCULAR BU RNS WERE RECENT WE PATCHED THE EYE IN THE ACUTE PHASE WITH AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE. BY THIS APPROACH THE AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE SERVES AS GROWTH PROMOTING AND ANTI INFLAMMATORY AGENT. ALTHOUGH AT THE BEGINNING THE LIMBUS AND THE CORNEA OF BOTH PATIENTS WERE AFFECTED, AFTER THE INTEGRATION OF THE AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE, WITH PROPER TREATMENT, NO FURTHER SURGICAL TREATMENT WAS NEEDED, WITH 100 % VISUAL ACUITY RECOVERY. THE AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE REPRESENTS A POSSIBLE TREATMENT IN OCULAR BURNS NOT ONLY IN THE CHRONIC PHASE , FOR BURNS GRADE 3 OR 4 WITH LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY, BUT ALSO IN THE ACUTE PHASE.
Keywords
ALKALI OCULAR BURNS AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE ACUTE PHASE CORNEA
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