| 11. | With penetrating keratoplasty ( corneal transplant ), the long-term results are good to excellent.
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| 12. | But after a successful corneal transplant, life just doesn't look the way you expected.
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| 13. | Cataract surgery, corneal transplants, and treatment of conditions like glaucoma are performed by ophthalmologists.
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| 14. | He later had two corneal transplants in each eye.
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| 15. | Of these, 15 percent required a second corneal transplant.
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| 16. | DeMerit's eye became infected, severely obscuring his vision and requiring a corneal transplant in October.
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| 17. | Unlike a full-thickness corneal transplant, the surgery can be performed with one or no sutures.
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| 18. | As an example, he said between 600 and 700 people needed corneal transplants every year.
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| 19. | In 1905, doctors performed the first corneal transplant, and then moved on to solid organs.
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| 20. | A corneal transplant, like the one he has had on his right eye, is being contemplated.
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