Aamniotic Mmembrane Ttransplantation For Post Keratoplasty Eepithelial Plaques

the aim of this case series to evaluate clinical outcome of patient with poor ocular surface who had previous penetrating keratoplasty and developed Post operative corneal epithelial plaques after delayed healing

at elsafwa eye vision center Alexandria 

this is a prospective case series of 5 patients with post keratoplasty delayed healing and plaque depositiom .under sedation scrapping of white plaque and suturing fresh amniotic membrane in layers was done using 8 zero absorbable sutures at the limbus 

at 1 month after surgery only one patient developed recurrence .4 cases achieved a clear cornea .no cases of infection was reported

amniotic membrane transplantation may be an effective treatment for posy kerayoplasty epithelial plaques