Corneal Grafting

Corneal Grafting in India

The Corneal Grafting Act, 1952.

AFrER World War II the impetus of interest in keratoplasty quickened again, and with the advent of new technique and new methods an adequate reservoir of donor grafts became imperative. In the United Kingdom the expansion of this branch of ophthalmic surgery had been sadly hampered by the impact of two wars, the lack of instruments, and the absence of trained personnel. Even when these difficul...

Corneal Grafting in India: Its Difficulties

THE SCOPE OF CORNEAL GRAFTING*t

IN considering corneal grafting it must surely be in the thoughts of all of us that we are offering our own special tribute as ophthalmologists to the pioneer work of our colleague and President, Mr. Tudor Thomas. For it was in Cardiff that he carried out that experimental and clinical work which not only inspired ophthalmic surgeons in many parts of the world to study corneal grafting, but whi...

The role of HLA-DRB1 matching in corneal grafting.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of HLA-DRB1 (Human Leukocyte Antigens) matching in corneal transplantation. Fifty-two patients were observed. Low-risk group consisted of 28 patients and high-risk group consisted of 24 patients. All the patients and donors were tissue typed with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) on the HLA-DRB1 gen. The primary corneal disease preceding keratoplasty ...