Purpose: To compare the outcome of allogenic ex vivo cultivated limbal stem cell transplantation (LSCT) versus cadaveric keratolimbal allograft in patients with limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD).
Methods: In this prospective interventional study from Army Hospital Research and Referral in New Delhi, 50 eyes of 40 patients with ocular surface disorder having LSCD underwent either cultivated LSCT (group 1: 25 eyes of 20 patients) or keratolimbal allograft transplantation (group 2: 25 eyes of 20 patients). The outcome measures were gain of two or more lines of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), absence of conjunctival vascularization over cornea, corneal neovascularization regression, regression of visually significant corneal opacity (iris details poorly visible), Schirmer's 1 ≥10 s, tear break-up time (TBUT) ≥10 s, and absence of fluorescein staining.
Results: At 1 year of follow-up, both groups experienced significant improvement in all outcome measures, but there was no significant difference between both groups in improvement of two or more lines of BCVA (P = 0.841), absence of conjunctival vascularization over cornea (P = 0.812), corneal neovascularization (P = 0.074), visually significant corneal opacity (P = 0.075), Schirmer's 1 ≥10 s (P = 0.814), TBUT ≥10 s (P = 0.382), or absence of fluorescein stain (P = 1.00).
Conclusion: Both allogenic ex vivo cultivated LSCT and cadaveric keratolimbal allograft transplantation are comparable in terms of visual gain and ocular surface restoration.
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