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Causes of Blindness
The leading causes of blindness are cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, corneal opacities, diabetic retinopathy, trachoma, and eye conditions in children such as that caused by vitam Read more...
Corneal Blindness
Corneal blindness is the loss of vision of the cornea, the focusing element of the camera that is the eye. If the cornea is damaged or becomes cloudy, vision is dramatically reduced or lost.
The co Read more...
Corneal Transplantation
A corneal transplant, also known as corneal grafting or keratoplasty, is an operation that replaces the opaque cornea with a clear cornea obtained from a human donor.
Corneal grafting improves vis Read more...
Eye donation
Eye donation is the act of voluntarily donating one’s eyes. Since the eye is taken after the death of the person who has pledged it, it costs him or her absolutely nothing and is yet of immeasur Read more...
Corneal Transplant - The Operation
Keratoplasty is a fairly simple though delicate surgery of the eye carried out under local or general anaesthesia depending on the age and condition of the patient.
First, a small circular knife kn Read more...
Synthentic corneas
Synthentic corneas are made use of in cases where there have been several graft failures or where the risk for grafting is high. Their main advantage is that they are biocompatible, preventing complic Read more...
Eye Banks
Eye banks store eyes received from donors for later use. However, like blood banks, they are also involved in much more than storage. Eye banks facilitate the removal, processing, evaluation and distr Read more...
Srilanka - A success story
The cultural identity of a people is, probably, one of the most important factors that determine the destiny of their nation. For instance, it is easy to see why in the US, where individualism rules, Read more...
What India Needs ?
If India is to ever to become self-reliant in terms of donor eyes, it would take a earth-shaker like Silva …or consistent efforts by every government, over many years, to effect a sea-change in Read more...