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Table 1 Outcomes of fornix reconstruction

From: Long-term outcome of allogeneic cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation for symblepharon caused by severe ocular burns

 

No. of eyes

Complete success n (%)

Partial success n (%)

Failure n (%)

P value

Total

80

40 (50.0)

25 (31.3)

15 (18.8)

 

Cause

 Thermal

44

18 (40.9)

13 (29.5)

13 (29.5)

0.020

 Chemical

36

22 (61.1)

12 (33.3)

2 (5.6)

 

Grade of symblepharon length

 Grade I/II

20

17 (85.0)

2 (10.0)

1 (5.0)

0.001

 Grade III

33

17 (51.5)

10 (30.3)

6 (18.2)

 

 Grade IV

27

6 (22.2)

13 (48.1)

8 (29.6)

 

Grade of symblepharon width

 Grade a

20

12 (60.0)

1 (5.0)

7 (35.0)

0.019

 Grade b

27

15 (55.6)

9 (33.3)

3 (11.1)

 

 Grade c

33

13 (39.4)

15 (45.5)

5 (15.2)

 

Preoperative inflammation

 ≤1+

54

34 (63.0)

16 (29.6)

4 (7.4)

<0.001

 ≥2+

26

6 (23.1)

9 (34.6)

11 (42.3)

 

Loss of normalcorneal limbal morphology

 ≤3 quadrants

23

12 (52.2)

4 (17.4)

7 (30.4)

0.113

 4 quadrants

57

28 (49.1)

21 (36.8)

8 (19.0)

 

Time for surgery

 ≤6 months

19

7 (36.8)

8 (42.1)

4 (21.1)

0.392

 >6 months

61

33 (54.1)

17 (27.9)

11 (18.0)