Organ transplantation is a medical marvel that saves lives and offers renewed hope to patients suffering from chronic ...

Long-term complications and effectiveness of the ... Rick Fraunfelder, MD I do think it's a major evolution in corneal transplant surgery and if doctors learn how to do it they will become ...

Patients urgently need an alternative to restore their vision without being exposed to the risks and complications of cornea transplantation, which requires lifelong immunosuppressive therapy.

A woman in Japan with a corneal disease has become the first person in the world to receive a corneal transplant made from induced pluripotent stem cells, according to a team of researchers led by ...

Background: Amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT ... from 1994 to 2009 with the key words “amniotic membrane,” “cornea,” and/or “conjunctiva.” Results: Amniotic membrane (AM ...

What Complications Can Occur After ... organ procurement organization LiveOnNY. In the transplant surgery, the team ...

Despite a worldwide need for more corneal transplant tissue, few options exist beyond human donors. According to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology, just one cornea was available for every 70 ...

Patient selection is the most important step in pediatric corneal transplantation. The onset, progression and cause of the corneal opacity should be investigated to determine potential for visual ...