Open Access<p>Recalcitrant Macular Hole Closure by Autologous Retinal Transplant Using the Peripheral Retina</p>
Author(s) -
Keiko Yamada,
Takatoshi Maeno,
Shunji Kusaka,
Jorge G. Arroyo,
Mitsunori Yamada
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s236592
Subject(s) - medicine , ophthalmology , retina , retinal , vitrectomy , visual acuity , biology , neuroscience
The peripheral adult human retina has been found to contain neuroepithelial stem cells. In this study, we examined the efficacy of an auto-transplant of peripheral retina into refractory macular holes (MH) from both anatomic and physiologic perspectives.