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Corneal Transplantation Jesper Hjortdal
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Corneal transplants are among the most common and successful transplantation procedures in medicine. No – only the corneas can be transplanted. Boxer Wachler explains cornea transplants and how they restore lost vision. 1989 Aug;96(8):1133-7; discussion 1137-8. The 10-year results of the Cornea Donor Study answer important questions about the use of older donor tissue for penetrating keratoplasty. Doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2012.01. A corneal transplant involves replacing a diseased or scarred cornea with a new one. There are now several different types of corneal transplants. Lamellar corneal transplantation. Learn about Corneal Transplantation symptoms, diagnosis and treatment in the Merck Manual. Learn about recovery time and how a corneal graft is performed. In corneal transplant, also known as keratoplasty, a patient's damaged cornea is replaced by the cornea from the eye of a human cadaver. Diseases potentially transmitted through corneal transplantation. Despite attempts since the early 1800s, success in corneal transplantation remained elusive at the beginning of the 20th century. PURPOSE: We studied retrospectively the background of postoperative infection after corneal transplantation. A traditional corneal transplant, called a penetrating keratoplasty, is still commonly done.