Corneal Transplant
What is a corneal transplant?
This is a surgical procedure which replaces a disc-shaped segment of an
impaired cornea with a similarly shaped piece of a healthy donor cornea.
Organization:
Eye Bank Association of American: http://www.restoresight.org/general/faqs.htm (exit
DHS)
Resources:
Corneal transplants: Cornea-Genetic
Eye Medical Institute (exit DHS)
Deciding when to have a corneal transplant: Indiana
University - School of Optometry (exit DHS)
Last Revised: January 15, 2009 |
