Corneal graft rejection is a severe complication that can follow penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), possibly leading to severe endothelial cell loss and corneal decompensation. [1,2] Risk factors for ...

For those individuals diagnosed with more advanced/late-stage disease, the only option is to wait until a corneal transplant is needed. The challenging nature of CED makes treatment options limited.

Immediately postoperatively, corneal graft displacement and peripheral corneal edema which remained stable during the first postoperative month were evident on slit lamp examination. Three months ...

Rick Fraunfelder, MD The recovery is so much faster than the full thickness corneal transplant so it's very exciting. Narrator Full thickness meaning a conventional corneal transplant where the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . James Funderburgh, PhD, at the University of Pittsburgh discovered stem cells in the corneal stroma in an ...

A cornea transplant can be performed to improve sight ... but that's got a high risk of failure... he was kind of getting to ...