Amniotic membrane

Amniotic membrane transplantation is used in conjunction with surgical procedures involving the cornea, conjunctiva and limbus. It is also used to support local tissues in glaucoma bleb surgery, strabismus surgery and orbital reconstruction.

Amnion can be used as a graft material or bandage contact lens to promote healing and minimize inflammation, as a scaffold to cultivate stem cells, or as a structural reinforcement material. 

Corneal indications include persistent epithelial defect, recurrent epithelial erosion, corneal ulcer and perforation, inflammatory and infectious keratitis, bullous and band keratopathy, limbal stem cell deficiency, high-risk corneal graft, chemical injury, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and abnormal scarring after superficial keratectomy.