State of the Art of Corneal Transplantation
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Ophthalmology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 4028
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Interests: corneal diseases; corneal transplantation; corneal dystrophies; dry eyes; blepharokeratoconjunctivitis
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Interests: ophthalmology; corneal diseases; corneal transplantation; pseudo-exfoliation (PXF); intra-operative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS)
Interests: ophthalmology; corneal diseases; corneal transplantation; glaucoma; pediatric cataract
Interests: corneal transplantation; external diseases; cataract; glaucoma; retinopathy of prematurity and strabismus
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Corneal transplantation has dramatically evolved over the last two decades. It is beneficial to patients and clinicians to shift from a one-fit-all transplantation (penetrating keratoplsty, PKP) to custom fit corneal grafting adjusted to a specific indication. Anterior lamellar diseases, such as corneal scars, keratoconus and inflammatory conditions, are most likely treated with anterior lamellar keratoplasty, i.e, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), whereas posterior lamellar pathologies, mostly Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy (FED) and posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD), are treated with posterior lamellar keratoplasty, namely Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplsty (DSAEK) and Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplsty (DMEK). This explains the drastic decrease in the number of PKPs performed in recent years, with a shifting trend towards lamellar keratoplasty. Studies have shown that PKPs accounted for 95% of all corneal transplants performed before 2004, whereas this portion decreased to less then 40% of all the new transplants performed in the recent years. Conversely, the rate of lamellar keratoplasy is steadily increasing. Nowadays, the deficiencies and injuries of limbal stem cells are treated with some success using several surgical techniques, which include simple limbal epithelial transplantation (SLET) and cultured oral mucosal epithelial transplantation (COMET). Despite these remarkable surgical advancements, there is still the opportunity for prolific research to be conducted in the field of corneal transplantation.
“The State of the Art of Corneal Transplantation” is a Special Issue that focuses on presenting both original research and review articles on the recent developments in corneal transplantation surgery.
Dr. Uri Elbaz
Dr. Asaf Achiron
Dr. Asim Ali
Dr. Kamiar Mireskandari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)
- Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK)
- Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK)
- Penetrating Keratoplasty (PKP)
- Congenital Corneal Opacity (CCO)
- Keratolimbal Allograft (KLAL)
- Conjunctival Limbal Autograft (CLAU)
- Keratoconus