Corneal transplant surgery gaining popularity worldwide

Eyes are the precious gift of the God. We should always handle it with care because it is very delicate organ of our body.  Cornea is actually a tissue that covers front of our eyes. The light or the image we received firstly comes to the cornea, then the pupil and last at our lens.

There are number of factors that can damage your vision which include:

• ·         Keratoconus – It is the condition in which cornea becomes thin.
• ·         Corneal scarring arises from trauma and infection.
• ·         Fuchs Dystrophy
• ·         Lattice dystrophy
• ·         Some other inherited corneal diseases.

Corneal transplantation is also known as corneal grafting. During a cornea transplant, corneal transplant surgeon India removes the portion of the cornea and replaces it with the cornea from a donor. The procedure is known as Keratoplasty. There are various types of cornea transplant:

1.       Penetrating cornea transplant – This procedure involves the transplanting all the layers of cornea from the donor.

2.       Lamellar Cornea transplant - In this procedure, the surgeon replaces some layers of the cornea from the donor. Selected layer which include endothelium are transplanted. A very common version of this procedure is DSAEK i.e. Descemet’s stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty.

The corneal transplant surgery done with help of anesthesia. Two types of anesthesia are adopted. Through the general anesthesia, under the procedure patient is put to sleep and by the local anesthesia, the person stays awake but sedated during the surgery. The surgery takes about 40 minutes. The corneal transplant surgeon India uses an instrument called trephine which looks like a cutter. With the help of trephine damaged section of cornea is removed from the eye. 

Corneal transplant surgery is in great demand. There is a vast increase in the success rate of corneal transplant surgery. Corneal transplant surgery hospital India is very popular for their excellence in care. They have the trained staff and nurses are multi- lingual so that the communication becomes easy between the patient and the doctor.