A short history of corneal transplantation: commemorating 100 years.
Corneal transplantation is the most commonly performed transplant surgery in the world today. This procedure replaces all or some of the recipient cornea with a cadaveric donor cornea. It has been 100 years since the first successful human allograft corneal transplantation was performed. This article provides the reader with a brief history of corneal transplantation.
Kirkwood
Bradley J
BJ
Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, P.O. Box 10122, Mt. Pleasant, Queensland, Australia. bradkirkwood@bigpond.com
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