Cornea Replacement Surgery. It s where light enters your eye and is a large part of your eye s ability to see clearly. Here is what will happen just before and during corneal transplant surgery.
The cornea is the clear outer layer of your eye. A cornea transplant replaces diseased or scarred corneal tissue with healthy tissue from an organ donor. During a cornea transplant surgery some or all of this tissue is replaced.
The cornea is the clear outer layer of your eye.
During a cornea transplant surgery some or all of this tissue is replaced. Healthy corneal tissue from the eye of a deceased human donor replaces the damaged cornea. Traditional full thickness cornea transplant also known as penetrating keratoplasty or pk and back layer cornea transplant also known as endothelial keratoplasty or ek. There are two main types of cornea transplants.
