Corneal Transplant Surgery: A Patient Information Video
Since the first successful corneal transplant surgery in 1905, this operation has become a critical tool in ophthalmology. This video explains the corneal transplantation operation to help patients understand what they can expect after the surgery in terms of possible complications and standard care.
This video was created by a group of McMaster University students in a knowledge translation course for the Demystifying Medicine series: Verina Hanna, Michelle Goldsand, Angie Ibrahim, Bakht Khan, and Ramneet Mann.
Please let us know how we can improve our videos and suggest topics to demystify below.
Copyright McMaster University 2016
References
Moffatt SL, Cartwright VA, Stumpf TH. Centennial review of corneal transplantation. Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 2005 Dec 1;33(6):642–57.
Panda A, Vanathi M, Kumar A, Dash Y, Priya S. Corneal graft rejection. Surv Ophthalmol. 2007 Aug;52(4):375–96.
Tan DT, Dart JK, Holland EJ, Kinoshita S. Corneal transplantation. The Lancet. 2012 May 11;379(9827):1749–61.
What Are Corneal Dystrophies? [Internet]. American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2015 [cited 2016 Oct 30]. Available from: http://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/corneal-dystrophies
"Anatomy Of The Eye — AAPOS". American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Oct. 2016.
"Corneal Transplants". CLEI Center for Keratoconus. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Oct. 2016.
This video was created by a group of McMaster University students in a knowledge translation course for the Demystifying Medicine series: Verina Hanna, Michelle Goldsand, Angie Ibrahim, Bakht Khan, and Ramneet Mann.
Please let us know how we can improve our videos and suggest topics to demystify below.
Copyright McMaster University 2016
References
Moffatt SL, Cartwright VA, Stumpf TH. Centennial review of corneal transplantation. Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 2005 Dec 1;33(6):642–57.
Panda A, Vanathi M, Kumar A, Dash Y, Priya S. Corneal graft rejection. Surv Ophthalmol. 2007 Aug;52(4):375–96.
Tan DT, Dart JK, Holland EJ, Kinoshita S. Corneal transplantation. The Lancet. 2012 May 11;379(9827):1749–61.
What Are Corneal Dystrophies? [Internet]. American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2015 [cited 2016 Oct 30]. Available from: http://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/corneal-dystrophies
"Anatomy Of The Eye — AAPOS". American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Oct. 2016.
"Corneal Transplants". CLEI Center for Keratoconus. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Oct. 2016.
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