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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 .

  3. Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis - Wikipedia

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    Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP), also known as "tooth in eye" surgery, [1] is a medical procedure to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor.

  4. Keratoprosthesis - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the type of keratoprosthesis used, the surgery may involve a full thickness replacement of the cornea or the placement of an intralamellar implant. For the Alphacor a manual incision is used to create a corneal pocket and a punch is used to create an opening through the posterior cornea into the anterior chamber.

  5. Face transplant - Wikipedia

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    A face transplant is a medical procedure to replace all or part of a person's face using tissue from a donor. Part of a field called "Vascularized Composite Tissue Allotransplantation" (VCA) it involves the transplantation of facial skin, the nasal structure, the nose, the lips, the muscles of facial movement used for expression, the nerves that provide sensation, and, potentially, the bones ...

  6. Eye bank - Wikipedia

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    The first successful cornea transplant was performed in 1905 and the first eye bank was founded in 1944. Currently, in the United States, eye banks provide tissue for over 80,000 cornea transplants each year [ 1 ] to treat conditions such as keratoconus [ 2 ] and corneal scarring .

  7. Cornea implant made from pig skin can restore eyesight to ...

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    Experts estimate that 12.7 million people around the world are blind due to damaged or diseased corneas, but only one in 70 patients receives a cornea transplant. And those who need cornea ...

  8. Eye transplantation - Wikipedia

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    In November 2023, surgeons at NYU Langone Health announced the first successful eye transplantation, [8] which was carried out as part of a partial face transplant in an operation that took 21 hours. [8] The recipient, Aaron James, had lost the left side of his face with his eye, nose and mouth in a high-voltage power line accident. [8]

  9. Refractive surgery - Wikipedia

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    It is believed that additional thinning of the cornea via refractive surgery may contribute to advancement of the disease [31] that may lead to the need for a corneal transplant. Therefore, keratoconus is a contraindication to refractive surgery. Corneal topography and pachymetry are used to screen for abnormal corneas. Furthermore, some people ...