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Keratoplasty
Keratoplasty is the procedure where the cornea which has become
opaque & cloudy is replaced with a clear cornea from the donor's
eye. This is done for optical purpose i.e. to increase the visual
function in corneal opacity and for treating corneal imperfections
like keratoconus.
For this purpose the donor tissue must be fresh i.e. eyes are
removed from the dead body within 6 hours of death of the donor and
stored in a refrigerator at 4oC & should be transplanted
to the recipients eye with in 24 hours.
For receiving a cornea one has to apply to an eye bank.
Eye Donation
Give the gift of sight. Cornea is the clear window covering the
front of the eye. Vision gets drastically reduced if the cornea
become cloudy or opaque due injuries, infection, chemical, burns
or nutritional deficiency.
If you donate your eyes you are giving vision to blind people making
them self independent. The cornea is removed from the donor's eye
and transplanted to the patient's eye. Eyes are never taken from a
living person. It can only be taken after death. Although the entire
eye is removed from the body, it is only the cornea that can be used
for transplantation. The eyes are removed within six hours of death
and taken to the nearest eye bank. On reaching the eye bank, eyes
are evaluated, processed & used for corneal transplant surgery.
Who can donate eye ?
Almost any one can pledge to donate his/her eyes after death even if
anyone is wearing glasses or suffering from hypertension or
Diabetes.
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