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- Title
In vivo confocal microscopy of human cornea covered with human amniotic membrane.
- Authors
Tatsuya Mimura; Satoru Yamagami; Tomohiko Usui; Norihiko Honda; Fumiyuki Araki; Shiro Amano
- Abstract
Abstract Purpose Amniotic membrane transplantation has been widely performed to reconstruct the surface of the eye and treat chemical burns or epithelial defects. However, we have difficulty observing the cornea through the opaque transplanted amniotic membrane by slit-lamp biomicroscopy. We investigated the use of confocal microscopy for observation of human corneas covered with amniotic membrane. Methods Human amniotic membrane was placed onto the normal corneas of five volunteers aged 22–24 years. Then, all layers of the covered corneas were observed by in vivo confocal microscopy. Results Confocal microscopy displayed the epithelium, basement membrane, and stroma of the amniotic membrane. It also displayed the corneal epithelium. Furthermore, corneal stromal keratocytes and the corneal endothelium were clearly observed through the amniotic membrane by confocal microscopy. Conclusions We demonstrated that in vivo confocal microscopy enabled us to observe all layers of corneas covered with amniotic membrane in normal human eyes. Our findings suggest that confocal microscopy may have advantages for clinical examination of the ocular surface, including all layers of the cornea.
- Subjects
CONFOCAL microscopy; CORNEA diseases; BIOLOGICAL membranes; EPITHELIUM; SLIT lamp microscopy
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2008, Vol 52, Issue 6, p493
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-008-0578-y