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Blind eye replacement surgery.
An intraocular lens implant is an artificial replacement for the lens of your eye.
Corneal transplantation is the most common type of eye transplant.
But it is not the only one.
Whole eye transplants would be of enormous benefit for many of the 180 million blind or severely visually disabled people around the world including nearly 3 5 million americans experts say.
If the entire eye is removed an ocular implant and prosthesis prevent the tissues in the eye socket from growing to fill the empty space.
In a corneal transplant a surgeon removes the damaged cornea and replaces it with a clear donor cornea.
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How your eye works each eye has a lens a window made of clear.
To do the procedure your doctor will.
The surgery removes the jellylike tissue behind the lens of the eye and replaces it with a saline solution.
Who can benefit from currently available bionic eyes.
A prosthetic eye cannot restore vision.
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The procedure used to restore sight in these patients is known as a vitrectomy.
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There are several corneal transplant surgery options available depending on the situation.
There are two main types of eye removal surgery.
Remove the vitreous fluid with a microscopic cutting.
The entire eye globe is removed in an enucleation.
Currently retinal implants are the only approved and commercially available bionic eyes though cornea transplants and cataract surgery can replace the cornea and lens if these structures are clouded or are incapable of focusing light for other reasons.
During this procedure a surgeon uses a laser to open up the thickening around the lens capsule and let more light get through your.
Eye removal surgery may be needed in cases of a painful blind eye eye cancer or following a severe injury or infection of the eye.
Your doctor may suggest a procedure called yag to fix it.