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Fresh Corneal Lenticule Implantation in Macular Corneal Distrophy With Relex Smile Surgery
Sponsor: Eye Hospital Pristina Kosovo
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
Conditions
Interventions
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