Often referred to as Keratoplasty, the cornea transplantation involves the removal of all or a part of a damaged cornea and replacing it with healthy donor tissue. The transplantation is often advised to improve vision, relieve pain or treat acute eye infection or damage. Transplantation is recommended when vision cannot be corrected satisfactorily with eyeglasses or contact lenses or if medications will not help anymore.
The experts at Aster MIMS make sure the donor cornea tissue is free from different malicious viruses. The cornea is also checked for clarity. The implantation is done with utmost accuracy at state-of-the-art facilities by an outstanding team of specialists with a multidisciplinary approach. An outpatient procedure, the surgical procedure usually takes only an hour or two mostly. The patient may be recommended to spend additional one or two hours in the recovery room.
