CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION

Table of contents (17 chapters)
1.The History of Corneal Transplantation
2.Anatomy and Physiology: Considerations in Relation to Transplantation
3.Developments in Corneal Banking
4.Endothelial Keratoplasty
5.Anterior Lamellar Surgery
6.The Penetrating Keratoplasty (PKP): A Century of Success
7.Immunology of Keratoplasty
8.Post-operative Management
9.Outcomes: Recurrence of Disease
10.National Corneal Transplant Registries
11.Economic Evaluation of Keratoplasty
12.Post-keratoplasty Astigmatism
13.Optics of Transplanted Grafts: IOL Calculation in Grafted Patients
14.Mechanical Microkeratomes
15.Technology: Femtosecond Laser in Keratoplasty
16.Limbal Stem-Cell Expansion and Transplantation
17.Decision-Making in Keratoplasty

- Reviews novel techniques used in corneal transplantation
- Offers sound guidance in patient selection, provision of advice, and decision making
- Identifies benefits and risks of procedures

This textbook reviews the novel techniques employed in corneal transplantation. It will assist fellows and corneal surgeons in using these techniques to best effect and in selecting patients for surgical procedures, taking into account the benefits and risks. Corneal transplantation has been performed for more than 100 years. Until 15 years ago the state-of-the art type of transplantation was penetrating keratoplasty. Since the start of this millennium, however, important advances have been made in developing new surgical techniques. Today, the vast majority of keratoplasty procedures are performed as delicate lamellar procedures, either with the assistance of fine microkeratomes or femtosecond lasers or using very advanced surgical dissection procedures. Corneal Transplantation provides detailed information on these and other advances, which have helped patients undergoing keratoplasty to achieve a much faster visual recovery and a more stable eye with less risk of rejection episodes.

Author
Jesper Østergaard Hjortdal, MD, Dr Med Sci, PhD, is Clinical Professor in Ophthalmology at Aarhus University, Denmark, and Consultant and Clinical Director of Corneal and Refractive Surgery in the Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital. Since 2008 he has also been Medical Director of the Danish Cornea Bank. Dr. Hjortdal became an accredited Specialist in Ophthalmology in 1998 and joined Aarhus University Hospital in 2001, having previously been Honorary Fellow in Cornea and External Diseases at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK. Between 2003 and 2009, Dr. Hjortdal was Manager and Chairman of Specialist Education in Ophthalmology in Denmark. He became President of the Danish Ophthalmological Society in 2010 and President of the European Eye Bank Association in 2013. He is co-editor of Acta Ophthalmologica and also an editorial board member of the Journal of Refractive Surgery. His research interests are ocular surface restoration, corneal modelling by photochemical treatment, intrastromal femtosecond laser ablation, corneal banking, and corneal transplantation, and he has published extensively on these subjects.