Corneal graft rejection is a severe complication that can follow penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), possibly leading to severe endothelial cell loss and corneal decompensation. [1,2] Risk factors for ...

These injuries are more difficult to close by sutures and corneal grafting may be necessary but delaying this latter option until globe integrity has been achieved and inflammation has quieted can ...

Rick Fraunfelder, MD The recovery is so much faster than the full thickness corneal transplant so it's very exciting. Narrator Full thickness meaning a conventional corneal transplant where the ...

A corneal transplant is the replacement of an injured or diseased cornea with a donor cornea. Donor corneas come from individuals who have died and donated their corneas or their whole eyes. Over ...

such as contacts or even a cornea transplant. After your initial evaluation to determine if you are a candidate, you will come back for the treatment. The treatment is performed in an exam room with a ...

these healthy CSSCs can prevent trauma-induced corneal scarring, thereby reducing the need for invasive transplant surgery (Basu et al). One hundred patients have been treated to date. Our current ...