title: Corneal swapping in a bomb blast victim.
abstract: The case of a 40-year-old-man who presented to our clinic with bilateral blindness as a consequence of bomb blast injuries is reported. He had a completely opaque cornea, partially damaged posterior segment and perception of light in the right eye, while a clear cornea, totally damaged posterior segment and no light perception in the fellow eye. His corneas were successfully swapped which gave him navigational vision.
authors.affiliation: Section of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Tanveer Anjum
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.forename: Tahreem
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aman
authors.forename: Farheen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: Khabir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity