Artificial Cornea

Artificial cornea         
  

• Keratoprosthesis is a surgical procedure where a severely damaged or diseased 
• cornea is replaced with an artificial cornea while conventional cornea transplant uses donor tissue for transplant, an artificial cornea is used in the keratoprosthesis procedure.
•  The surgery is performed to restore vision in patients suffering from severely damaged cornea due to congenital birth defects, infections, injuries and burns.
•  There are currently two different types of artificial corneas that have been approved by the U.S. food and drug administration to restore vision the dohlman artificial cornea combines a donocorneawith man-made materials to increase compatibility.