Dubai: In a first ever transplant procedure, two young Afghani burn victims who suffered from 45 per cent and 30 per cent burns received an amniotic membrane graft at Rashid Hospital.
Osiris Therapeutics announced that a new peer-reviewed manuscript entitled "Properties of Viable Lyopreserved Amnion Are Equivalent to Viable Cryopreserved Amnion with the Convenience of Ambient Storage" has been published in PLOS ONE and is available online In the published study the structural, molecular, and wound relevant properties of a lyopreserved human amniotic membrane were compared with the properties of a cryopreserved human amniotic membrane.
The amniotic membrane retains pluripotential properties from epiblastic cells offering anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic properties; it modulates angiogenesis and favours healing process.
Although UCs were reduced, ultrasonography revealed a maximum vertical pocket (MVP) of 12 cm (although the MVP of the co-twin was 4 cm) and the patient had dyspnea; therefore, emergency amnioreduction was performed, and 2,000 mL of amniotic fluid was drained during tocolysis.