S J Lang1, D Böhringer1, T Reinhard1. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Abstract
PURPOSE: We retrospectively studied the efficacy and safety of different surgical approaches to treating pediatric limbal dermoids with regard to intra and postoperative complications. METHODS: The data of 12 consecutive patients (14 eyes), who underwent monocentric surgery of a limbal demoid in the past 9 years, were retrospectively analyzed for intra and postoperative complications. Group one consists of eleven eyes: seven eyes with a bare-sclera deep lamellar excision of the dermoid and four eyes with an additional amniotic membrane transplantation subsequent to excision. Group two consists of three eyes: two eyes treated with Mitomycin C 0.02% over 2 min following the excision, and one eye treated with Mitomycin C and amniotic membrane transplantation after removal of the dermoid. Follow-up ranged from 2 to 53 months (median 17 months). RESULTS: Intraoperative complications did not occur in any of the patients. Postoperatively, all patients showed corneal reepithelialization within a week. Limbal stem cell deficiency with a pseudopterygium developed in four eyes, one treated with bare-sclera excision and the others with amniotic membrane transplantation. One pseudopterygium had to be removed surgically because of visual acuity deterioration. Not a single eye treated with Mitomycin C developed a pseudopterygium. CONCLUSIONS: The transplantation of amniotic membrane following removal of a limbal dermoid cannot prevent the occurrence of a pseudopterygium. However, the use of Mitomycin C seems to have a protective effect.
PURPOSE: We retrospectively studied the efficacy and safety of different surgical approaches to treating pediatric limbal dermoids with regard to intra and postoperative complications. METHODS: The data of 12 consecutive patients (14 eyes), who underwent monocentric surgery of a limbal demoid in the past 9 years, were retrospectively analyzed for intra and postoperative complications. Group one consists of eleven eyes: seven eyes with a bare-sclera deep lamellar excision of the dermoid and four eyes with an additional amniotic membrane transplantation subsequent to excision. Group two consists of three eyes: two eyes treated with Mitomycin C 0.02% over 2 min following the excision, and one eye treated with Mitomycin C and amniotic membrane transplantation after removal of the dermoid. Follow-up ranged from 2 to 53 months (median 17 months). RESULTS: Intraoperative complications did not occur in any of the patients. Postoperatively, all patients showed corneal reepithelialization within a week. Limbal stem cell deficiency with a pseudopterygium developed in four eyes, one treated with bare-sclera excision and the others with amniotic membrane transplantation. One pseudopterygium had to be removed surgically because of visual acuity deterioration. Not a single eye treated with Mitomycin C developed a pseudopterygium. CONCLUSIONS: The transplantation of amniotic membrane following removal of a limbal dermoid cannot prevent the occurrence of a pseudopterygium. However, the use of Mitomycin C seems to have a protective effect.
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