Current status of corneal transplantation.
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.
Coster
D J
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Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia.
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