Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In advanced cases that may normally require a corneal transplant, Beckman said cross-linking with scleral lenses ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 54-year-old man was referred in late 2014 for a consultation for corneal transplant surgery in the left eye.

CHICAGO — For people with keratoconus, the minimally invasive transplantation of just the second layer of the cornea — the Bowman layer — can help delay or prevent full corneal transplantation or ...

Corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) with riboflavin and ultraviolet A light is a procedure that has been widely available around the world for about 5-10 years. Although it has many uses, including ...

As scary as it might sound, cornea transplant surgery is actually very safe. Advances in the past 10 years have even allowed eye surgeons to shorten recovery time for some procedures from six months ...

Roxi Gamble is all too familiar with eye problems.She's slowly lost her sight a few times over the course of her life after being diagnosed with keratoconus, a degenerative condition that affects her ...

More than a decade ago, Dr. Jonathan Primack, an eye surgeon at Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania, Wyomissing, was touting the benefits of an improved and less invasive corneal transplant surgery that ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There was exciting news Tuesday, for people who have a serious eye condition that could lead to blindness. The new technique could prevent the need for a cornea transplant, and ...

The cornea is the transparent tissue that covers the front of the eye, sitting over the iris and pupil. Damage to the cornea or disease that causes it to inflame or become cloudy can result in varying ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- A South Florida man is sharing his story with the hope of helping others, after he nearly lost sight in one of his eyes. A relatively common infection led to a painful and ...

DUBLIN, Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Artificial Cornea and Corneal Implant Market by Type (Human Cornea, Artificial Cornea), Transplant Type (Penetrating Keratoplasty, Endothelial Keratoplasty), ...