keratoplasty

IPA: kɛrʌtʌpɫæsti

noun

  • (surgery) grafting or transplantation of the cornea
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Examples of "keratoplasty" in Sentences

  • After lamellar anterior keratoplasty, PRP with a mean concentration of
  • Another procedure, called conductive keratoplasty, was just approved by the FDA.
  • Monovision correction can be accomplished with LASIK as well as conductive keratoplasty (CK) and other corneal or lens-based refractive surgeries. 」
  • The FDA also recently approved conductive keratoplasty, which uses radio waves to reshape the cornea, for presbyopia or vision problems that develop with age.
  • Corneal graft, also known as keratoplasty, is one of the most common transplant procedures in humans and is the only available treatment for a number of corneal disorders.
  • "Surgeons used to tell me that they would wait until a person was 20/200 to 20/250 before they would risk a penetrating keratoplasty, which is getting close to legal blindness,"
  • Corneal transplantation, known as corneal grafting or penetrating keratoplasty, represents a surgical procedure performed by ophthalmologists, that includes the replacement of a damaged or diseased cornea, the clear part of eye in front of the iris and pupil, with a donated corneal tissue, extracted from a deceased person.

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