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corneal transplant
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  corneal transplant - a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donorcorneal graft, keratoplastyepikeratophakia - using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed; "epikeratophakia gave her a living contact lens"anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissueorgan transplant, transplantation, transplant - an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" |
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corneal transplant Ophthalmology The replacement of a damaged cornea with a cadaveric–healthy donor cornea; CTs are indicated in severe corneal injury or for corneal ulcers with residual scarringcorneal transplant A CORNEAL GRAFT.keratoplastyExcision of corneal tissue and its replacement by a cornea from a human donor. This can be done either over the entire cornea (total keratoplasty) or over a portion of it (partial keratoplasty). Two main techniques are used: (1) the penetrating keratoplasty in which the entire thickness of the cornea is removed and replaced by transparent corneal tissue; (2) the lamellar keratoplasty in which a superficial layer is removed and replaced by healthy tissue. Common indications to perform keratoplasty are therapeutic (e.g. keratoconus, corneal ulcer) or cosmetic (e.g. removing an unsightly opacity). Syn. corneal transplant. See ciclosporin; granular dystrophy; eye bank; corneal graft; immunosuppressants.Patient discussion about corneal transplantQ. Has anyone had experience with a corneal transplant because of keratoconus? A. my uncle had to do a transplant- it took 5 weeks until he could see anything , another year to get his vision straightened up. but now he is fine! i know that he looked for information in the "National Keratoconus Foundation". they were very helpful (and nice!), they have a website with information on all forms of treatment:
http://www.nkcf.org/
good luck :) More discussions about corneal transplantcorneal transplant
Related to corneal transplant: keratoconus, Fuchs dystrophySynonyms for corneal transplantnoun a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donorSynonyms- corneal graft
- keratoplasty
Related Words- epikeratophakia
- anaplasty
- plastic surgery
- reconstructive surgery
- organ transplant
- transplantation
- transplant
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