Applications of the Amniotic Membrane in Vitreoretinal Surgery
Recently, the use of the human amniotic membrane (hAM) has been extended to treat retinal disorders, such as macular holes that failed to close and retinal tears. The hAM has demonstrated the induction of a recovery process of the external retinal layers involving the external limiting membrane (ELM...
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| author | Tomaso Caporossi Ruggero Tartaro Daniela Bacherini Bianca Pacini Lorenzo De Angelis Lorenzo Governatori Laura Di Leo Leandro Oliverio Stanislao Rizzo |
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| description | Recently, the use of the human amniotic membrane (hAM) has been extended to treat retinal disorders, such as macular holes that failed to close and retinal tears. The hAM has demonstrated the induction of a recovery process of the external retinal layers involving the external limiting membrane (ELM) and the ellipsoid zone (EZ). After that, the application of the hAM for retinal pathologies was extended to large macular tears, high myopic retinal detachment associated with MH, paravascular tears, serous macular detachment associated with optic pit, complicated retinal detachment and advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The hAM has shown a potential in repairing retinal tissue through a regeneration process. This review aims to highlight the use of the hAM in various vitreo-retinal surgical fields, and to confront it with other cutting-edge surgical techniques used to treat challenging vitreo-retinal pathologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c78c4e2e8b04d7286a824f636709edf2023-11-20T10:33:00ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832020-08-0198267510.3390/jcm9082675Applications of the Amniotic Membrane in Vitreoretinal SurgeryTomaso Caporossi0Ruggero Tartaro1Daniela Bacherini2Bianca Pacini3Lorenzo De Angelis4Lorenzo Governatori5Laura Di Leo6Leandro Oliverio7Stanislao Rizzo8Department of NEUROFARBA, Ophthalmology, University of Florence, Careggi, 50134 Florence, ItalyDepartment of NEUROFARBA, Ophthalmology, University of Florence, Careggi, 50134 Florence, ItalyDepartment of NEUROFARBA, Ophthalmology, University of Florence, Careggi, 50134 Florence, ItalyDepartment of NEUROFARBA, Ophthalmology, University of Florence, Careggi, 50134 Florence, ItalyDepartment of NEUROFARBA, Ophthalmology, University of Florence, Careggi, 50134 Florence, ItalyDepartment of NEUROFARBA, Ophthalmology, University of Florence, Careggi, 50134 Florence, ItalyDepartment of NEUROFARBA, Ophthalmology, University of Florence, Careggi, 50134 Florence, ItalyDepartment of NEUROFARBA, Ophthalmology, University of Florence, Careggi, 50134 Florence, ItalyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Sacred Hearth-Foundation “Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli”-IRCCS, 00168 Rome, ItalyRecently, the use of the human amniotic membrane (hAM) has been extended to treat retinal disorders, such as macular holes that failed to close and retinal tears. The hAM has demonstrated the induction of a recovery process of the external retinal layers involving the external limiting membrane (ELM) and the ellipsoid zone (EZ). After that, the application of the hAM for retinal pathologies was extended to large macular tears, high myopic retinal detachment associated with MH, paravascular tears, serous macular detachment associated with optic pit, complicated retinal detachment and advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The hAM has shown a potential in repairing retinal tissue through a regeneration process. This review aims to highlight the use of the hAM in various vitreo-retinal surgical fields, and to confront it with other cutting-edge surgical techniques used to treat challenging vitreo-retinal pathologies.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/8/2675vitreoretinal surgeryamniotic membranevitrectomymacular holeretinal detachmentage related macular degeneration |
| spellingShingle | Tomaso Caporossi Ruggero Tartaro Daniela Bacherini Bianca Pacini Lorenzo De Angelis Lorenzo Governatori Laura Di Leo Leandro Oliverio Stanislao Rizzo Applications of the Amniotic Membrane in Vitreoretinal Surgery Journal of Clinical Medicine vitreoretinal surgery amniotic membrane vitrectomy macular hole retinal detachment age related macular degeneration |
| title | Applications of the Amniotic Membrane in Vitreoretinal Surgery |
| title_full | Applications of the Amniotic Membrane in Vitreoretinal Surgery |
| title_fullStr | Applications of the Amniotic Membrane in Vitreoretinal Surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applications of the Amniotic Membrane in Vitreoretinal Surgery |
| title_short | Applications of the Amniotic Membrane in Vitreoretinal Surgery |
| title_sort | applications of the amniotic membrane in vitreoretinal surgery |
| topic | vitreoretinal surgery amniotic membrane vitrectomy macular hole retinal detachment age related macular degeneration |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/8/2675 |
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