Abstract
Corneal transplant surgery has undergone numerous modifications over the years with improvements in technique, instrumentation and eye banking. The main goals of corneal transplantation are achieving excellent optical clarity with long-term graft survival. Penetrating, anterior and posterior lamellar surgery along with femtosecond laser technology have partially met these goals, but outcomes are often unpredictable and surgeon dependent. Technology to predictably separate stroma from Descemet's membrane, techniques to minimize endothelial cell loss, improvements in imaging technology and emerging techniques like laser welding that might replace suturing, eventually making corneal transplantation a refractively predictable procedure are on the wish list of the cornea surgeon.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE |
| Volume | 7885 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2011 |
| Event | Ophthalmic Technologies XXI - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Jan 22 2011 → Jan 24 2011 |
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| Other | Ophthalmic Technologies XXI |
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| Country | United States |
| City | San Francisco, CA |
| Period | 1/22/11 → 1/24/11 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Biomaterials
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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Technology needs for corneal transplant surgery. / Vaddavalli, Pravin K.; Yoo, Sonia H.
Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE. Vol. 7885 2011. 788502.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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