A surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor.
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Examples for "keratoplasty"
Examples for "keratoplasty"
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An 8-year-old boy underwent a penetrating keratoplasty for a corneal epithelial cyst.
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Penetrating keratoplasty was performed in 2005, and the excised button was examined histopathologically.
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Both crystalline and diffuse opacities reappeared and progressed following penetrating keratoplasty.
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Finally, we successfully processed stimulated penetrating keratoplasty in live rabbits.
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Design: Multicenter retrospective study of the outcome of penetrating keratoplasty for ocular trauma in children.
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It is a major indication for corneal transplant.
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In patients with a history of a corneal transplant in 1 eye, the other eye was included.
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A corneal transplant is a fairly straightforward procedure and usually patients notice an immediate improvement in their vision.
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Her doctors said her condition was past the point of treatment and a corneal transplant was the only cure.
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Aim: Topical glucocorticosteroids are administered to virtually every corneal transplant recipient, but irreversible immunological rejection remains the leading cause of graft failure.
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Recurrent granular deposits developed in the corneal graft 14 months after surgery.
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The FK506 nanospheres may be valuable in suppressing corneal graft rejection.
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After completion of the vitrectomy, the Aachen-KPro was replaced by a 7 mm corneal graft.
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The most common approach is a corneal graft followed by cataract surgery at a later date.
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The corneal graft was clear after surgery in four eyes, and edema was found in three cases.
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Background: Gene transfer to a donor cornea ex vivo can modulate corneal graft failure in experimental animal models.
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In all eyes, no disease recurrence or corneal graft rejection was observed during the follow-up period, and graft transparency was maintained.
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We describe a variant of the triple procedure in which phacoemulsification is followed by a corneal graft using the big-bubble DALK technique.
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The outgrowth of corneal epithelial cells onto a polymeric substrate is expected to be the primary event in the epithelialization of a synthetic corneal graft.
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Intraocular inflammation (uveitis and uveoretinitis) and corneal graft rejection constitute two of the more common inflammatory conditions affecting the eye leading to considerable morbidity (blindness).
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A second option is simultaneous corneal grafts with cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation.
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Corneal grafts remained clear for 1 year in 65% of eyes.
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Results: The number of corneal grafts increased by 30.7% from 2002-2006 to 2007-2011 (from 1567 to 2048).
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Conclusions: Our findings show that the corneal grafts in the reported SCD pedigree remained clear with no rejection or disease recurrence over the long term.
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Methods: The surgical reports of corneal grafts performed during 2002-2011, using tissues supplied by the Eye Bank of Piedmont (Italy), were reviewed retrospectively.