Patients with limbal stem cell deficiency after glaucoma surgery typically experienced only epithelial changes and no corneal neovascularization, which differs from limbal stem cell deficiency resulting from chemical injury or ocular surface inflammation, according to a study.
“In a retrospective study of 51 eyes, Sun et al found that glaucoma surgery, including trabeculectomy and tube shunt implantation, was associated with limbal stem cell deficiency. The involved quadrants of limbal stem cell deficiency closely correlated with the location of glaucoma surgery but not with other
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