Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 54-year-old man was referred in late 2014 for a consultation for corneal transplant surgery in the left eye.
A cornea transplant – also referred to as a corneal graft – can be used to improve sight, relieve pain and treat severe ...
Many eye banks won't accept corneas from donors with diabetes, concerned they might be harder to prepare for transplant ...
Ben Cronin is losing his sight and is encouraging people to consider donating their corneas when they die [Ben Cronin/NHSBT] An eye patient says his life has been put on hold because he is one of ...
A new study comparing Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), a more established procedure for cornea transplant, suggests that potential ...
HOUSTON — Patients in Houston are some of the first in the country to be offered a new kind of corneal transplant as part of a clinical trial. The cornea is the clear outer layer at the front of your ...
Damage to the cornea affects millions of people worldwide. Empa researchers are working on a transparent, biocompatible ...
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — October means the start of fall-winter, pumpkins and Halloween decorations but it's also the peak of flu season. One WCNC Charlotte viewer wanted to know if they should still get ...
Around 6,000 people in the UK are awaiting a cornea transplant, according to the NHS [Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust] A man from Kent who was losing his eyesight has had his vision restored ...
A n eye patient says his life has been put on hold because he is one of thousands of people waiting for a cornea transplant amid a donor shortage. Ben Cronin, 33, from Wrentham, Suffolk, has a ...