This book sheds light on the various aspects of penetrating keratoplasty, a technique used in performing full-thickness corneal transplantations. In this modern era of advancements, lamellar keratoplasty is gaining immense popularity because of its merits of retaining the host's healthy tissue – yet, penetrating keratoplasty remains the gold standard. This book explores the theoretical and practical aspects of penetrating keratoplasty, from the indications of keratoplasty to eye banking, donor tissue evaluation, and so on. This is an essential book for an audience which ranges from postgraduate students to experienced cornea surgeons.
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ISBN
9781036404307
Publisert
2024-07-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Høyde
212 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
179

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Biographical note

Dr Anuradha Raj is Professor and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India. She completed her MBBS and MS in ophthalmology at the Government Medical College of Guru Nanak Dev University, India, and completed her senior residency at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), India, where she trained in corneal transplantation, management of ocular surface disorders, and eye banking. She joined the Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, India as Assistant Professor. She is the author of Optical Coherence Tomography in Penetrating Keratoplasty: A Boon, and has around eighty research publications and two dozen research projects to her credit. She has rich clinical and surgical experience in subjects of cornea, eye banking, glaucoma, and ocular surface disorders.