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NCT04642729
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Fresh Corneal Lenticule Implantation in Macular Corneal Distrophy With Relex Smile Surgery

Sponsor: Eye Hospital Pristina Kosovo

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Summary

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of fresh corneal lenticule implantation as allogenic graft taken from myopic patients to implanted in patients with macular corneal dystrophy using Visumax Femtosecond Laser Smile module surgery.

Official title: Fresh Corneal Lenticule Implantation in Macular Corneal Distrophy With Relex-Smile Surgery

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

20 Years - 55 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

15

Start Date

2019-06-01

Completion Date

2027-06-01

Last Updated

2026-07-29

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Fresh Corneal Lenticule Implantation using Relex-Smile Surgery

Knowing that the most important element is damage of stroma we used all preoperative procedures atlas, optic tomography and especially electron microscope. Approximately we planned how much microns we remove and insert, for example we remove 80 µm and we insert fresh corneal lenticule 90 µm with the purpose to remove more dead keratocytes which increase biomechanical instability of corneal metabolism (abnormal increase collagenase activity, decrease proteinase inhibitors, excessive premature keratocyte apoptosis, increase cytokine binding). Fresh Corneal Lenticule and autologous serum contains live stem cells that produce keratocytes, collagen fibers, extracellular matrix which contribute to the regeneration of the cornea, and all this results at increasing of corneal transparency and visual acuity in patients with corneal macular dystrophy.

Locations (1)

Eye Hospital Pristina

Pristina, Kosovo