Research progress of corneal transplantation
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Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Project(No.2013FB158); Yunnan Provincial Department of Education Fund for Scientific Research Project(No.2013C230)

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    Corneal transplantation is an ophthalmology treatment technique for corneal disease to help restore vision or control the development of corneal diseases by removing a scarred or damaged host cornea and replacing it with a clear and healthy donor cornea. Traditional corneal transplantation includes penetrating keratoplasty and lamellar keratoplasty. In recent ten years, deep lamellar keratoplasty and endothelial keratoplasty have gradually developed. At present, the development of keratoprosthesis provides a new choice for the patients no suitable for traditional. The review describes current surgical techniques in the field of corneal transplantation about indications, postoperative complications, and so on.

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Bing-Jie Zhang, Heng Sun, Yuan-Ping Zhang, et al. Research progress of corneal transplantation. Guoji Yanke Zazhi( Int Eye Sci) 2015;15(6):989-992

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  • Received:March 20,2015
  • Revised:May 18,2015
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  • Online: June 01,2015
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