Table 1
Clinical characteristics of patients with partial limbal stem cell deficiency
| Patient/ age/sex | Eye | No of previous procedures | LSCD (degrees) /TAC | Diagnosis | Visual acuity | Follow up (months) | Epithelial healing (days) | IC | Notes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preop | Postop | Change (lines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1/30/M | RE | 0 | 300 | Chemical burn | 20/30 | 20/30 | 0 | 22 | 20 | — | ||||||||||
| 2/4/M | LE | 1 | 350 | Radiation keratopathy | HM | 1/200 | 0 | 17.2 | — | — | Radiation neuropathy Stromal revascularisation | |||||||||
| 3/45/M | RE | 2 | 150 | Chemical burn | 20/100 | 20/400 | −3 | 12 | 30 | Yes | ||||||||||
| 4/35/M | RE | 0 | 270 | Chemical burn | 20/60 | 20/25 | 4 | 33 | — | — | Stromal revascularisation | |||||||||
| 5/39/M | LE | 0 | 150 | Chemical burn, BK/PED | HM | 20/40 | 10 | 37 | 30 | — | ||||||||||
| 6/26/M | RE | 0 | 180 | Chemical burn, Symblepharon | 20/300 | 20/25 | 9 | 32 | 18 | — | ||||||||||
| 7/40/F | LE | 0 | 330 | Chemical burn, Dry eye | 20/300 | 20/40 | 7 | 34 | 60 | Yes | Stromal revascularisation | |||||||||
| 8/44/F | LE RE | 0 | 300 270 | CL induced keratitis CL induced keratitis | 20/400 20/400 | 20/25 20/25 | 1 2 | 23 20.6 | — — | Yes | ||||||||||
| 9/65/F | LE | 4 | 120 | HSK, fungal keratitis, multiple surgeries | LP | LP | 0 | 14 | — | Yes | Eviscerated for phthisis bulbi | |||||||||
| 10/37/F/ | RE LE | 0 | 240 240 | Idiopathic Idiopathic | 20/400 20/100 | 20/40 20/60 | 8 3 | 25 23 | 7 5 | — | Stromal revascularisation | |||||||||
| 11/68/M | RE | 5 | 90 | Multiple glaucoma surgeries | 20/200 | 20/50 | 5 | 25 | 13 | — | ||||||||||
| 12/74/M | LE | 0 | 330 | CIN | 5/200 | 20/400 | 1 | 18 | — | — | ARMD | |||||||||
| 13/28/F | LE | 0 | 300 | Chemical burn | 20/25 | 20/20 | 1 | 21 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 14/52/F | RE | 1 | 350 Yes | Idiopathic | 20/100 | 20/30 | 6 | 13 | 30 | Yes | Treated with CsA | |||||||||
| 15/47/M | LE | 0 | 350 Yes | Chemical burn | 20/25 | 20/20 | 1 | 14.8 | 15 | Yes | ||||||||||
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ARMD = age related macular degeneration; BK = band keratopathy; CIN = conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia; CL = contact lens; CsA = cyclosporin A; 5-FU = 5-fluorouracil; HSK = herpes simplex keratitis; IC = impression cytology; LSCD = limbal stem cell deficiency; RE = right eye; LE = left eye; PED = persistent epithelial defect; TAC = central transient amplifying cells intact; VA = visual acuity; HM = hand motion; LP = light perception; — = not recorded.
