Keratoplasty (Noun)
Meaning
A surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Keratoplasty is a surgical procedure that has restored the vision of many people suffering from corneal damage.
- The donor tissue used in keratoplasty is carefully inspected and prepared before being transplanted into the recipient's eye.
- Keratoplasty is usually performed under local anesthesia, with the patient remaining awake throughout the procedure.
- The surgeon made fine incisions in the damaged cornea before beginning the keratoplasty procedure to replace it with a healthy donor graft.
- In some cases, a specific type of keratoplasty called lamellar keratoplasty is performed, where only the outer layer of the cornea is replaced.