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The cornea is the clear front "window" to the eye
through which light passes. The normal cornea is completely
transparent living tissue. Due to injury or disease, the cornea
may become damaged and opaque (place cursor over image). Light
may no longer effectively pass through the damaged cornea resulting
in diminished vision.
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A corneal transplant may be needed when vision cannot be corrected
satisfactorily using other procedures, or if painful swelling
cannot be relieved by medications or special contact lenses.
A corneal transplant may be required if there is corneal failure
after other eye surgery; keratoconus; hereditary corneal failure;
corneal dystrophies; scarring after infections; rejection after
the first corneal transplant; or scarring after other eye surgery.
Approximately 46,000 corneal grafts occur in the United States
each year. Of all the transplant surgery done today (hearts,
lungs, kidneys, etc.) corneal transplants are by far the most
common and successful. The North Carolina Eye Bank provides
donor corneas to ophthalmologists throughout North Carolina
first, and then to surgeons in other states and countries who
have patients in need.
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For more information, please contact us at:
3900 Westpoint Blvd., Suite F Winston-Salem, NC 27103-3903
tel: 336.765.0932 fax: 336.765.8803
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