Research Article
Amniotic Membrane as a Main Component in Treatments Supporting Healing and Patch Grafts in Corneal Melting and Perforations
Table 1
Patient characteristics by surgical technique and medical indication.
| | Characteristics | Total (n = 189) N (%) | Female (n = 87) N (%) | Male (n = 102) N (%) |
| | Amniotic membrane transplantation | 119 (63.0) | 56 (47.1) | 63 (52.9) | | Indication for surgery | | Infection | 29 (15.34) | 16 (18.39) | 13 (12.75) | | Inflammation | 29 (15.34) | 17 (19.54) | 12 (11.76) | | Neurotrophic | 35 (18.52) | 16 (18.39) | 19 (18.63) | | Ocular trauma | 26 (13.76) | 7 (8.05) | 19 (18.63) |
| | Corneoscleral patch graft | 70 (37.0) | 31 (44.3) | 39 (55.7) | | Indication for surgery | | Infection | 36 (19.05) | 16 (18.39) | 20 (19.61) | | Inflammation | 21 (11.11) | 10 (11.49) | 11 (10.78) | | Neurotrophic | 6 (3.18) | 3 (3.45) | 3 (2.94) | | Ocular trauma | 7 (3.7) | 2 (2.3) | 5 (4.9) |
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