The cornea accounts for 70% of the refractive power of the visual system. However, there are few options for treating patients with significant corneal disease and it remains an area of need.

In eyes with keratoconus, no contact lens — whether soft, gas permeable or scleral — can arrest progression of the underlying ...

A Brighton man has become the first patient at Sussex Eye Hospital to undergo a "pioneering" artificial cornea transplant. David Orams said he began suffering vision loss six years ago and despite ...

Bollywood legend Dharmendra 88 undergoes corneal transplant surgery Learn about this vision-restoring procedure recovery tips and how to protect your eye health as you age ...

Rick Fraunfelder, MD The recovery is so much faster than the full thickness corneal transplant so it's very exciting. Narrator Full thickness meaning a conventional corneal transplant where the ...

At this point, a patient can undergo a cornea transplant, or in the case of some ... especially in this area of treating corneal disease, is very important and very exciting.

A cornea transplant can be performed to improve sight ... but that's got a high risk of failure... he was kind of getting to last hope,' Mr Poole said. Since Mr Farley had his artificial cornea ...

The cornea is the clear outer ... transparent covering is damaged by disease or injury - with those affected often left facing a long wait for a human transplant. However, it is hoped that the ...