Corneal
Disease
The cornea and anterior segment service offers
consultation in the medical and surgical management
of a wide variety of diseases of your cornea,
the thin transparent tissue that covers the outer
surface of the eye (conjunctiva) and anterior
segment.
Special areas of expertise include:
- High-risk corneal transplantation
- Surgical management of severe ocular surface
disease including:
- Stem cell transplantation
- Amniotic membrane transplantation
- Severe dry eye, blepharitis
- Corneal infection
- Abnormal cone-shaped protrusion of the cornea
of the eye (keratoconus)
- Therapeutic contact lens fitting (through
the Contact Lens Service)
- Excimer laser refractive surgery
- Abnormal mass of tissue arising from the conjunctiva
of the inner corner of the eye that obstructs
vision by growing over the cornea (pterygium)
Diagnostic services include:
- Corneal topography and corneal thickness
(Orbscan)
- Corneal thickness (pachymetry)
- Immunohistopathlogical diagnosis of ocular
surface disease (cicatricial pemphigoid, corneal
intraepithelial neoplasia)
- Anterior segment digital photography
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