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  2. Corneal transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Corneal transplantation, also known as corneal grafting, is a surgical procedure where a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by donated corneal tissue (the graft). When the entire cornea is replaced it is known as penetrating keratoplasty and when only part of the cornea is replaced it is known as lamellar keratoplasty. Keratoplasty simply ...

  3. Keratoprosthesis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment of patients whose vision is less than 20/200 in the affected eye. Patients with failed corneal transplant using donor cornea and have little or no vision left. Patients with non-autoimmune diseases, congenital birth defects and other ocular problems. Patients who do not have access to corneal transplant tissue

  4. Eye transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Eye transplantation is the transplantation of the globe of the human eye from a donor to a recipient. Research directions. Research efforts in whole eye ...

  5. The World's First Whole-Eye Transplant Is Helping an Arkansas ...

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    Corneal transplants are now used fairly frequently to restore vision and function to damaged eyes, and around 50 face transplants have been performed worldwide—including several by Dr. Eduardo ...

  6. Tissue transplantation - Wikipedia

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    The four main types of tissue transplantation are xenotransplantation, allotransplantation, isotransplantation and autotransplantation, while the common tissues transplanted include skin, bone, corneal and vessel grafts. [3] Tissue transplantation comes with risks and complications, including immune rejection and viral infections.

  7. Cornea - Wikipedia

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    When a cornea is needed for transplant, as from an eye bank, the best procedure is to remove the cornea from the eyeball, preventing the cornea from absorbing the aqueous humor. [10] There is a global shortage of corneal donations, severely limiting the availability of corneal transplants across most of the world.

  8. Corneal button - Wikipedia

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    A corneal button is a replacement cornea to be transplanted in the place of a damaged, diseased or opacified cornea, normally approximately 8.5–9.0mm in diameter. [1] It is used in a corneal transplantation procedure (also corneal grafting) whereby the whole, or part, of a cornea is replaced. [2]

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