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Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
; 249(2): 261-5, 2011 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20821228
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To report a new surgical technique for excising pediatric corneal limbal dermoid and the post-resection ocular surface reconstruction. METHODS: We describe a method of deep lamellar excision followed by sutureless multilayered amniotic membrane transplantation in surgical management of corneal limbal dermoid. RESULT: This technique achieves a rapid corneal re-epithelization, reduces post-operative pain, and will diminish post-operative scarring. Preoperative corneal astigmatism will persist. CONCLUSION: This method offers an alternative surgical approach in comparison to simple excision in removal of simple pediatric corneal limbal dermoids.