cornea transplant
Vision-restoring procedure
A cornea transplant is a surgical procedure that replaces damaged or diseased corneal tissue with healthy tissue from a donor.
The cornea is the clear front surface of the eye, and when it becomes clouded or scarred, vision suffers.
Also called a corneal graft or keratoplasty: She regained her sight after a cornea transplant.
- graftIllicit political gain
- donorOne who contributes freely
- waiting listRecord of hopeful applicants
- eyeOrgan of sight
- visionAbility to see
blindness · surgeon · stitches · rejection · cloudy · scarring · clarity · iris · lens · tissue · tissue matching · organ donor · eye bank · healing · bandage · operating · microscope · delicate
- eye careeye doctor, optometrist, ophthalmologist, eye exam, glasses
- transplantsorgan donation, allograft, autograft, autotransplant, xenotransplant
- eye surgeryLASIK, cataract surgery, PRK, vitrectomy, retinal surgery
cornea transplantLASIK
Corneal vision correction
laser eye surgery · PRK · contact lens fitting · cataract surgery · retinal surgery
cornea transplanteyeglasses
Corrective lenses worn
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