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What is a corneal transplant?

April 26, 2017corneal transplant

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What is a corneal transplant?

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A corneal transplant is the surgical procedure which replaces a disk-shaped segment of an impaired cornea with a similarly shaped piece of a healthy donor cornea. More than 90 percent of corneal transplant operations successfully restore the corneal recipient’s vision.

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A corneal transplant is a surgical treatment where the patient’s cloudy cornea is cut away and a clear cornea, donated by someone who has died, is sewn into its place.