title: Current status of corneal transplantation.
abstract: Corneal transplantation offers the cure for those with blinding corneal disease. Sourcing of a shortage of corneas are important. Graft survival depends on a number of factors, the most important of which is the recipient bed. The management of graft failure by rejection includes tissue matching, local and systemic immunosuppression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Coster
mesh_terms: D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005125:Eye Banks; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006085:Graft Survival; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement