What is it about?
SLET represents a significant advancement in the approach and treatment of severe diseases affecting the ocular surfa-ce, particularly those causing damage to the corneal limbus.
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Why is it important?
Conventional corneal transplantation had been ineffective in the patient with partial limbal stem cell deficiency (Case 1), highlighting the importance of SLET in the success of the second procedure, whose cause was not ocular burns.
Perspectives
The SLET technique was effective in repairing limbal insufficiency in the two cases presented and constitutes a possibility for others cases.
Dr. Elcio Luiz Bonamigo
Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina
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This page is a summary of: Transplante Simples de Epitélio Límbico (SLET): relato de casos, O Mundo da Saúde, January 2024, Centro Universitario Sao Camilo - Sao Paulo,
DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.202448e16462024p.
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