Amniotic membrane transplantation a versatile tool in ocular surface therapy

Amniotic membrane has been in clinical use in ophthalmology for more than half a century. The histological nature of the membrane has been used for various eye surface diseases, and indications have expanded. Amniotic membrane (AM) is the innermost layer of the placenta and consists of a thick basement membrane and an avascular stromal matrix. Since its first ophthalmic use in the 1940s and