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Conjunctival Transplantation FREE

Richard A. Thoft, MD
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Accepted for publication Oct 1, 1976.

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Arch Ophthalmol. 1977;95(8):1425-1427. doi:10.1001/archopht.1977.04450080135017
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• A method to transplant healthy conjunctiva onto eyes with damaged ocular surface epithelium and superficial vascularization, as are often seen after chemical or thermal burns Is described. Conjunctival resection and lamellar keratectomy were followed by grafting of healthy conjunctival patches. In three of five eyes with total corneal involvement, successful reepithelialization of the cornea from the conjunctiva was accompanied by improved vision and decreased vascularization. Results in two other eyes were less successful due to deep stromal vascularization.

(Arch Ophthalmol 95:1425-1427, 1977)

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Bloomfield SE, Brown SI:  Conjunctival collagenase: Partial purification . Invest Ophthalmol 13:547-550, 1974;.
Brown SI, Weller CA, Wassermann HE:  Collagenolytic activity of alkali-burned corneas . Arch Ophthalmol 81:370-373, 1969;.
Gnädinger MC, Itoi M, Slansky HH, et al:  The role of collagenase in the alkali burned cornea . Am J Ophthalmol 68:478-483 1969;.
Maumenee AE, Scholz RO: III.  The histopathology of the ocular lesions produced by the sulfur and nitrogen mustards . Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp 82:121-147, 1948;.
Friedenwald JS:  Growth pressure and metaplasia of conjunctival and corneal epithelium . Doc Ophthalmol 5-6:184-192, 1951;.
Thoft RA, Friend J:  Biochemical transformation of regenerating ocular surface epithelium . Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 16:14-20, 1977;.
Thoft RA, Friend J:  Corneal epithelial changes during mid-term storage . Invest Ophthalmol 15:82-88, 1976;.
McCarney BE, Kaufman HE:  Improved corneal storage . Invest Ophthalmol 13:165-173, 1974;.
Thoft RA, Friend J, Dohlman CH:  Corneal glucose concentration . Arch Ophthalmol 85:467-472, 1971;.

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Bloomfield SE, Brown SI:  Conjunctival collagenase: Partial purification . Invest Ophthalmol 13:547-550, 1974;.
Brown SI, Weller CA, Wassermann HE:  Collagenolytic activity of alkali-burned corneas . Arch Ophthalmol 81:370-373, 1969;.
Gnädinger MC, Itoi M, Slansky HH, et al:  The role of collagenase in the alkali burned cornea . Am J Ophthalmol 68:478-483 1969;.
Maumenee AE, Scholz RO: III.  The histopathology of the ocular lesions produced by the sulfur and nitrogen mustards . Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp 82:121-147, 1948;.
Friedenwald JS:  Growth pressure and metaplasia of conjunctival and corneal epithelium . Doc Ophthalmol 5-6:184-192, 1951;.
Thoft RA, Friend J:  Biochemical transformation of regenerating ocular surface epithelium . Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 16:14-20, 1977;.
Thoft RA, Friend J:  Corneal epithelial changes during mid-term storage . Invest Ophthalmol 15:82-88, 1976;.
McCarney BE, Kaufman HE:  Improved corneal storage . Invest Ophthalmol 13:165-173, 1974;.
Thoft RA, Friend J, Dohlman CH:  Corneal glucose concentration . Arch Ophthalmol 85:467-472, 1971;.

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