Xenokeratoplasty

Xenokeratoplasty is a surgical procedure for transplanting the cornea. This is a fairly common type of ophthalmological intervention in the treatment of diseases such as volvulus, traumatic damage to the cornea (after surgery or injury), keratouveitis, corneal opacities, etc.

Xenoplasty differs from other types of eye transplant operations (keratotomy, kerotoplasty) in that the donor material is a healthy cornea from the healthy eye of a person who died as a result of serious brain injuries. Such patients can become donors only if they are not closely related to the patient.

Previously, when surgery was less advanced, raw animal material was used, which had to be boiled before transplantation.

Another advantage of xennicaraplasty is that the donor cornea adapts to its real cornea quickly enough, and this does not cause adverse reactions in the body.