Allokeratoplasty

Allokeratoplasty is a plastic surgery method that is used to replace a damaged cornea of ​​the eye. Unlike keratoplasty, which uses the patient's own cornea to replace the damaged area, allokeratoplasty uses a donor cornea.

Allokeratoplasty can be used in a variety of cases, including trauma, burns, keratitis and other diseases that cause damage to the cornea. This method may be especially useful for patients with severe corneal disease who are unable to receive a graft from their own body.

Before the allokeratoplasty procedure, the patient undergoes an examination to ensure that he is suitable for this treatment method. The eye is then prepared for surgery, which may include the use of antibiotics and other medications.

During surgery, the surgeon removes the damaged cornea and replaces it with a donor cornea. After surgery, the patient may experience some discomfort such as pain and discomfort, but this usually goes away within a few days.

After surgery, the patient should follow the doctor's recommendations for eye care to prevent re-damage to the cornea. Allokeratoplasty is an effective treatment for many corneal diseases, and many patients report improved quality of vision after this procedure.

Allokeratoplasty is a surgical method of treating diseases of the cornea, which consists of transplanting its tissue from one person to another in order to replace a damaged or defective surface. Alloperastics surgical intervention for plasticity of deformed homeostasis.

Allokeratoplasty (English allokeratoplasty, AKP, literally - moving someone else's cornea English allograft) is a group of medical interventions and operations in which a transplanted cornea is used to eliminate the consequences of diseases and injuries of the cornea. It is usually used in the absence of native corneal tissue as a result of burns, chemical injuries, penetrating wounds, eye surgery, as well as in cases of severe corneal opacity due to a disease that has caused damage to the corneal endothelium (for example, Fouch-Coates disease). An example of such a disease is leishmania keratitis, the treatment of which can not only restore the transparency of the eye, but also eliminate the chronic, untreatable inflammatory process associated with this disease.