Sutureless Amniotic Membrane Transplantation Using Pediatric Nasogastric Tube for Patients With Acute Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.
Eye Contact Lens
; 49(5): 199-203, 2023 May 01.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Evaluation of the results of sutureless amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) using a pediatric nasogastric tube (NGT) for patients with acute Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) was aimed.METHODS:
Twenty-six eyes of 13 patients with SJS/TEN with ocular involvement at a single tertiary care hospital between May 2020 and January 2022 were included in the study. An amniotic membrane was implanted to the ocular surface and conjunctival fornix using a modified symblepharon ring (MR) created by inserting NGT end-to-end. Patients were followed for at least 6 months. The mean duration of the surgery was recorded. The presence of corneal epithelial defect and vascularization, meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) grade, conjunctival scarring, eyelid margin keratinization, symblepharon, and trichiasis were recorded.RESULTS:
The mean age of the patients was 38.4±17.6 years. Amniotic membrane transplantation was performed only once for eight patients and twice for five patients. The mean duration of the surgery was 3.2±0.4 min. The modified symblepharon ring was removed 28 days after its application. At the first examination, 20 eyes (76.9%) had a corneal epithelial defect and 6 (23.1%) had early symblepharon. At the postoperative 6 months, although seven eyes (26.9%) had conjunctival scarring and 5 (19.2%) had eyelid margin keratinization, all patients were without any corneal defect, corneal vascularization, or symblepharon. Only 11 eyes (42.3%) showed MGD, and 1 eye (3.8%) showed trichiasis.CONCLUSIONS:
This study showed that sutureless AMT using pediatric NGT could be a potentially fast and inexpensive treatment option for the treatment of SJS/TEN with ocular involvement at the bedside without the need for general anesthesia.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Síndrome de Stevens-Johnson
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Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva
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Doenças da Córnea
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Doenças Palpebrais
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Triquíase
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Disfunção da Glândula Tarsal
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eye Contact Lens
Assunto da revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Turquia