A combination of eyelid pressure patching and decellularized, dehydrated pure amniotic membrane basement membrane healed persistent corneal epithelial defects, according to a study published in Ophthalmology and Therapy.
“Patients with persistent corneal epithelial defects (PCED) resulting from neurotrophic keratitis (NK, Mackie stage 1 to 3) and moderate to severe Dry Eye Workshop II (DEWS) level 2 to 4 dry eye disease often complain of pain and/or vision loss in the setting of failed traditional first-line therapies,” study author Kyle Linsey, DO, an ophthalmologist at Clearwater