Abstract
Background : To study the role of amniotic membrane transplantation in infective keratitis. Methods : A prospective, randomized study on two groups of 20 patients with infective keratitis was done. Group A : only conventional medical treatment. Group B: conventional medical treatment with amniotic membrane transplantation was done. Results The mean age of patients was 46.30 ± 19.23 years. At 1 week follow-up, the improvement in symptoms like pain, redness, photophobia, watering and discharge was present in 24%, 4%, 25%, 28% respectively in patients without AMT, whereas it was 48%, 26%, 55% and 48% respectively in patients with AMT. The improvement in signs like size of corneal ulcer and hypopyon was 10% and 13% in patients without AMT, whereas it was 35.2% and 54% respectively in patients with AMT.
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