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Component corneal surgery: An update
- Source :
- Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 65, Iss 8, Pp 658-672 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017.
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Abstract
- Several decades ago, penetrating keratoplasty was a challenge to corneal surgeons. Constant effort by the corneal surgeon to improve the outcomes as well as utilization of the available resources has led to a revolutionary change in the field of keratoplasty. All these efforts have led to the evolution of techniques that allow a corneal surgeon to disease-specific transplant of individual layers of corneal “so-called component corneal surgery” depending on the layer of cornea affected. This has led to an improvement in corneal graft survival as well as a better utilization of corneal tissues. This article reviews the currently available literature on component corneal surgeries and provides an update on the available techniques.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03014738 and 19983689
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.335fa7c03db441a90d4faa23f6cf194
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_582_17