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corneal graft
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  corneal graft - a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donorcorneal transplant, keratoplastyepikeratophakia - using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed; "epikeratophakia gave her a living contact lens"anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissueorgan transplant, transplantation, transplant - an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" |
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ker·a·to·plas·ty (ker'ă-tō-plas'tē), Any surgical modification of the cornea; the removal of a portion of the cornea containing an opacity and the insertion in its place of a piece of cornea of the same size and shape removed from elsewhere. Synonym(s): corneal graft, corneal transplantation, corneal trepanation, trepanation of cornea, transplantation of cornea [kerato- + G. plassō, to form] corneal graft A cadaveric cornea used to treat herpetic scars, keratoconus, corneal edema. See Tissue bank. ker·a·to·plas·ty (keră-tō-plastē) Removal of a portion of the cornea and the insertion in its place of a piece of cornea of the same size and shape removed from elsewhere.
Synonym(s): corneal graft. [kerato- + G. plassō, to form]corneal graft Replacement of a central disk of opaque CORNEA, usually about 7 mm in diameter, with a clear disc of exactly the same size from a donated eye. The clear disc is held in place with a very fine zig-zag stitch.graft, cornealCorneal tissue of a donor used to replace a diseased or opaque cornea. See keratoplasty.ker·a·to·plas·ty (keră-tō-plastē) Removal of a portion of the cornea and replacement with a piece of cornea of the same size and shape removed from elsewhere.
Synonym(s): corneal graft. [kerato- + G. plassō, to form]Patient discussion about corneal graftQ. Has anyone had experience with a corneal transplant because of keratoconus? A. my uncle had to do a transplant- it took 5 weeks until he could see anything , another year to get his vision straightened up. but now he is fine! i know that he looked for information in the "National Keratoconus Foundation". they were very helpful (and nice!), they have a website with information on all forms of treatment:
http://www.nkcf.org/
good luck :) More discussions about corneal graftcorneal graft
Related to corneal graft: keratoplastySynonyms for corneal graftnoun a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donorSynonyms- corneal transplant
- keratoplasty
Related Words- epikeratophakia
- anaplasty
- plastic surgery
- reconstructive surgery
- organ transplant
- transplantation
- transplant
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