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 convinced that this is the way to do corneal transplants.

“The Cornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Fellowship at Baylor must be the most comprehensive fellowship in the country and for me was the very best place I could have trained. When I was ...

The advanced equipment is only available in a few centres in the UK and it enhances the ability to perform different types of complex corneal transplant surgery. Following his operation ...

Douglas D. Koch, M.D. The Cornea, Anterior Segment, and Refractive Surgery Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine consists of one year of post-residency training in the Department of Ophthalmology ...

Organ transplantation is a medical marvel that saves lives and offers renewed hope to patients suffering from chronic diseases like kidney disease, liver cirrhosis, and heart failure. Moreover, ...

[iStockphoto] After years of blindness, a 78-year-old man in Israel regained his sight through a ground-breaking artificial corneal transplant. The surgery, performed by Professor Irit Bahar ...

In cornea and refractive surgery anterior segment OCT (AS-OCT) is used in presurgical planning and postsurgical evaluation. AS-OCT is especially needed in phakic intraocular lens implantation ...

are considered contraindications to corneal refractive surgery. Corneal topography is of great importance in detecting these disorders. Keratoconus. It is a challenge task to detect keratoconus in ...

Also: Laser surgery - reshapes the cornea surgically. Common for myopia but can be used for some hyperopia conditions. Replacement lens - implanting artificial lenses is a recent development ...