Lamellar corneal autologous or homologous graft in refractive surgery
OwnerGholam A. Peymaninventor
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Abstract
A method of lamellar corneal graft implantation is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of: (i) forming one or more intrastromal incisions in a cornea of an eye of a patient; (ii) removing a cut portion of the cornea defined by the one or more intrastromal incisions from the eye of the patient; (iii) applying laser energy to a lamellar corneal graft using an excimer laser so as to modify the refractive power of the lamellar corneal graft, the lamellar corneal graft being in the form of a autologous corneal graft or a homologous corneal graft; and (iv) implanting the lamellar corneal graft into the eye of the patient in a location previously occupied by the cut portion of the cornea so as to correct the refractive power of the eye of the patient.
Claims20
A method of lamellar corneal graft implantation, said method comprising the steps of:
- forming one or more intrastromal cuts in a cornea of an eye of a patient;
- removing a cut portion of the cornea defined by the one or more intrastromal cuts from the eye of the patient so as to form a pocket in the cornea, the pocket being bounded on all sides by corneal tissue of the cornea;
- forming one or more corneal access incisions in the cornea of the eye of the patient, the pocket being accessible through the one or more corneal access incisions in the cornea;
- applying laser energy to a lamellar corneal graft using an excimer laser so as to modify the refractive power of the lamellar corneal graft, the lamellar corneal graft being in the form of a autologous corneal graft or a homologous corneal graft;
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- implanting the lamellar corneal graft into the pocket in the cornea of the eye of the patient in a location previously occupied by the cut portion of the cornea so as to correct the refractive power of the eye of the patient.
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