Table 2 of Ghoubay-Benallaoua, Mol Vis 2011; 17:341-354.


Table 2. Confluent cultures (%) after three weeks according to the explant preparation technique.

Three-week cultureb(cultured using 6-well plates) Full-thickness limbal explant (66 explants; explant length: 4 mm) Superficial limbal explant (33 explants; explant length: 4 mm) Superficial limbal explant sutured on plastic lamella (22 explants; explant length: 4 mm) p (χ2 test)
Confluent sheet 27 (41%) 27 (82%) 19 (86%) 0.00001
Non confluent sheet 39 (59%) 6 (18%) 3 (14%)