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Cornea/Corneal Transplants -
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Corneal problems can happen to anyone, anytime, regardless of age of race. If something such as injury, disease, or infection damages the cornea,it can become cloudy or warped. A damaged cornea distorts light as it travels into the eye thus affecting vision. Sometimes, if the problem is severe enough, it can cause pain. In either situation a person's life can be seriously disrupted.
When an eye gets into this type of distress, the ophthalmologist will suggest a corneal transplant. The patient is placed on a transplant list and awaits a donor cornea from a local eye bank such as the Northeast Lions Eye Bank. Eye banks operate 24 hours a day and collect, evaluate and store donated corneas so they are available when needed. Corneas used in transplants are collected from recently deceased human donors. To protect the recipient of the cornea, the donor's cause of death and medical history are carefully screened. Blood tests are done to ensure that no contagious disease, such as AIDS or hepatitis, is present.
The cornea was one of the first parts of the body to be transplanted, and corneal transplants remain one of the most common and successful of all transplant procedures. During the procedure, the diseased or injured cornea is carefully removed from the eye and replaced with the donor cornea which comes from the eye bank.
A successful corneal transplant requires care and attention on the part of both the patient and the doctor. The healing time can take months, however, no other surgery has so much to offer when the cornea is severely damaged.
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