Table 2.

Visual acuity before and after transplantation of limbal stem cells

Variable	Autologous cultured LSC transplantation (autoLSC group)	Allogeneic cultured LSC transplantation (alloLSC group)	Autologous limbal tissue transplantation (autoLT group)	Allogeneic limbal tissue transplantation (alloLT group)	p value
n	7	7	8	8
Follow‐up time (months)	61, 48 [41–80]	83, 78 [66–101]	134, 149 [50–218]	131, 138 [62–200]	.38
LogMAR baseline visual acuity	2.1 (20/2,301), 2.3 (20/4,000) [1.7–2.4]	2.3 (20/4,263), 2.3 (20/4,000) [1.9–2.8]	1.6 (20/752), 1.7 (20/894) [1.2–2.0]	2.2 (20/3,000), 2.3 (20/4,000) [1.9–2.5]	.01
LogMAR visual acuity at last exam	1.1 (20/278), 0.9 (20/143) [0.4–1.9]	2.4 (20/5,063), 2.3 (20/4,000) [1.8–3.0]	1.2 (20/348), 0.6 (20/71) [0.2–1.2]	2.4 (20/4,612), 2.3 (20/4,000) [2.0–2.7]	.02
Change in visual acuity from baseline to last exam, lines	+9.2, +11.5 [+2.5 to +15.9]	−0.7, 0.0 [−6.6 to +5.1]	+3.3, +5.5 [−4.5 to +11.2]	−1.9, 0.0 [−7.8 to +4.1]	.08

Mean, median, and [95% confidence interval] are shown.

Abbreviations: LogMAR, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; LSC, limbal stem cell.