Historically, corneal transplants in the UAE involved replacing the entire cornea in a procedure known as penetrating ...

The 72-year-old La Crosse woman opted for a new corneal transplant surgery, the first major change in the transplant technique in 50 years. Instead of replacing the entire cornea, this new technique ...

The refinement of a procedure is giving fresh hope to people with eye diseases that affect the cornea and can lead to blindness. The cornea is a clear bubble that covers the front of the eye. An inner ...

Corneal transplantation is a procedure that involves the repair of a damaged or diseased cornea with healthier cadaver tissue. This is called allotransplantation which refers to the transplantation of ...

Patient selection is vital for safety and management considerations and should be guided by the risk profile gathered from the elicited history, pre-operative tear and corneal function, and choice of ...

In December 1905, Eduard Konrad Zirm performed in Olomouc the first successful corneal transplant in the world. Czech ...

Sinisa Grozdanic, an assistant professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, performed the surgery that restored sight to 7-year-old Dixie, a Mountain Cur breed owned by Brett Williams of Runnells. "We ...