角膜内皮是一层位于角膜最内表面的单层细胞。它通过其泵送和屏障功能调节角膜基质的水分含量，并有助于维持角膜的透明度。健康个体的角膜内皮细胞密度（ECD）约为 2000 个细胞/平方毫米。 人角膜内皮细胞在出生后缺乏再生能力，其数量会因衰老、手术以及遗传原因而减少。由于内皮细胞密度逐渐降低导致的角膜内皮功能障碍会引起大泡性角膜病变（Bullous keratopathy），其特征为角膜水肿和混浊。大泡 ...

Rick Fraunfelder, MD The recovery is so much faster than the full thickness corneal transplant so it's very exciting. Narrator Full thickness meaning a conventional corneal transplant where the ...

Owing to this innovation in endothelial keratoplasty surgery, a new chapter in the long history and evolution of corneal transplantation is upon us. Corneal transplantation has undergone a rapid ...

The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital is the first NHS hospital in the South West to perform an artificial cornea transplant The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E) has become the first NHS ...

For patients with ectatic diseases a technique that can maintain the patient's healthy endothelial ... corneal cuts and the recent lamellar keratoplasty techniques have allowed corneal ...

In 2022, doctors in Japan performed a transplant of iPS cell-derived corneal endothelial cells iPS cell derived-corneal endothelial cell transplants are injected and take about 20 minutes In Japan ...

It's a day trip to the Potawatomi Zoo for the Chavez family. Oliver Chavez, a four year old from South Bend is now able to visit and see all the different animals throughout the park. A little ...

Aurion Biotech has launched its cell therapy Vyznova for serious eye disorder bullous keratopathy in Japan, its debut market, becoming an alternative to corneal replacement using donor tissue.