ABSTRACT Background: This study shows the clinical data of one year follow-up of 14 patients with advanced stage retinitis pigmentosa (RP) who received subretinal adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cell (ADMSC) implantation and focuses on complications of the therapy. Methods: All patients had total visual field defects and 7 of them only had light perception. The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the study was 20/2000. All...
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Posted by Ayse Oner, Zeynep Burcin Gonen, Duygu Gulmez Sevim, Neslihan Sinim, Mustafa Cetin and Yusuf Ozkul on Jul 12, 2018 in 11:30 - 12:15 Uveitis, Retinal Prostesis and Stem Cells Session moderated by Niels Crama & Ahmed Sallam, 2 - Retinal Prostesis and Stem Cells, 2018 EVRS Congress – Prague, 3-Saturday, September 01, 2018