If you are advised to undergo a corneal transplant, your ophthalmologist will tell you what is required. The transplant will be scheduled according to the condition of your eye and the availability of a donor cornea. Occasionally, a shortage of donated corneas may delay surgery.
If both your eyes need new corneas, the second transplant will not be performed until the first eye has stabilized, which may take up to a year.After surgery, you may be permitted to return home the same day, or you may be requored to stay in the hospital for a day or more.
Some Facts you may like to know:
- It is not necessary to find a cornea with a matching tissue or blood type.
- The race, gender, and eye color of the donor are not important.
- A corneal transplant won’t change your natural eye color.
- The Cornea heals slowly and improvement in vision may take a year or more.
- It is difficult to shape the new cornea perfectly. So, astigmatism (a condition where the cornea has an irregular shape, making images seem blurred or distorted) is common after a corneal transplant. However, this can be corrected.
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