ORLANDO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Reena Gupta, MD, discusses the use of preserved amniotic membrane in patients after corneal cross-linking.
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Gupta and colleagues conducted a retrospective study comparing amniotic membrane to bandage contact lenses in patients who underwent corneal cross-linking. Researchers found that the 46 patients who received amniotic membranes had better outcomes and fewer complications than the 39 patients treated with bandage lenses.
“Amniotic membrane did seem to be superior or better than the bandage