Corneal transplantation, also known as corneal grafting, is a surgical procedure where a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by donated corneal tissue...
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blindness due to corneal opacity. Keratoplasty also known as corneal transplantation is the main treatment option for visual improvement in corneal opacity. Other...
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Keratoconus (section Corneal transplant)
Corneal transplantation is not usually indicated during corneal hydrops. The National Eye Institute reports keratoconus is the most common corneal dystrophy...
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approximately 8.5–9.0mm in diameter. It is used in a corneal transplantation procedure (also corneal grafting) whereby the whole, or part, of a cornea is...
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acetylcysteine. Surgery in the form of corneal transplantation (penetrating keratoplasty) is usually necessary to save the eye. Corneal ulcers are painful due to nerve...
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form of corneal transplantation. Penetrating keratoplasty, a common type of corneal transplantation, is commonly performed for extensive corneal dystrophy...
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Fuchs' dystrophy (redirect from Fuchs corneal dystrophy)
defects, until corneal transplantation is able to restore the endothelial pump function. FECD is a degenerative disease of the corneal endothelium with...
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surgical approach of corneal transplantation. Historically, penetrating keratoplasty, or full thickness corneal transplantation, was the treatment of...
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recipients Moffatt SL, Cartwright VA, Stumpf TH. "Centennial review of corneal transplantation." Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2005 Dec;33(6):642-57. PMID 16402960...
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