According to the World Health Organization, globally 4.9 million are blind due to corneal
pathology. Corneal transplantation is successful and curative of the blindness for a majority …

Corneal transplantation is the most common surgical procedure amongst solid organ
transplants with a high survival rate of 86% at 1-year post-grafting. This high success rate …

Background Our aim was to demonstrate the publication trends of corneal transplantation in
the last decade. Methods All of the keratoplasty research articles, letters, case reports …

Purpose To evaluate the long-term outcomes, anatomic retention, and complications of
Boston type I keratoprosthesis (KPro). Design Retrospective, interventional case series …

Over 2 decades of research, several design modifications, and improvements in post-
operative management have made Boston keratoprosthesis (B-KPro) a viable option for …

Objective To report the experience of the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, in
performing Boston keratoprosthesis type 1 implantation in the develo** world. Methods …

Disease of the cornea is the third leading cause of blindness worldwide. Corneal graft
surgery is one of the most successful forms of solid organ transplantations in humans, with …

Abstract The Boston keratoprosthesis (BKPro) is a medical device used to restore vision in
complicated cases of corneal blindness. This device is composed by a front plate of …

Purpose: To evaluate riboflavin–UV-A crosslinking as an alternative suture-free fixation
method for biosynthetic corneal collagen implants. Methods: A range of cell-free corneal …

Keratoprosthesis (Kpro) evolution over the years has been remarkable from initially rejected
due to devastating complication to the present with development of multiple biocompatible …