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Comparative evaluation of conventional medical treatment alone versus conventional medical treatment with amniotic membrane transplantation in infective corneal ulcer
JPMI-Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute. 2014; 28 (2): 206-210
en Inglés | IMEMR | ID: emr-157722
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To compare the effect of amniotic membrane transplantation along with conventional therapy and the conventional therapy alone for the treatment of infective corneal ulcer. This study was conducted at Ophthalmology Department, Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar. The duration of study was 6 months, i.e., from April 2010 to October 2010, in which a total of 68 patients were included using WHO software for sample size determination. They were divided into two equal groups of 34 each. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used. In this study, mean age was 50 +/- 0.24 years. Forty six [67.6%] patients were male while 32.4% [n=22] patients were female. Conventional Medical Treatment alone was effective in 87% [n=30] cases while Conventional Medical Treatment with Amniotic Membrane was effective in 96% [n=33] cases with a p-value of 0.03. This study showed encouraging results of amniotic membrane trans plantation along with conventional treatment in corneal ulcer in improving both symptoms and signs
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Índice: IMEMR (Mediterraneo Oriental) Asunto principal: Resultado del Tratamiento / Epitelio Corneal / Estudios de Evaluación como Asunto / Amnios Tipo de estudio: Estudios de evaluación Límite: Femenino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Inglés Revista: J. Postgrad. Med. Inst. Año: 2014

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Índice: IMEMR (Mediterraneo Oriental) Asunto principal: Resultado del Tratamiento / Epitelio Corneal / Estudios de Evaluación como Asunto / Amnios Tipo de estudio: Estudios de evaluación Límite: Femenino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Inglés Revista: J. Postgrad. Med. Inst. Año: 2014