Cornea Services

Corneal Ulcer –

It is infection in the cornea associated with inflammation, redness and ulcer formation. Most common causes include vegetative injury, contact lens induced infection, vitamin A deficiency etc.

Eye Trauma –

Trauma to eye can lead to damage to cornea like corneal tear requiring urgent surgical management.

Viral Keratitis –

Due to various viruses like helps zoster, herpes simplex, varicella zoster cause a variety of eye problem .They can cause blisters on one side of forehead, eyelid and inflammation in all parts of the eye. If not treated properly there are chances of sequele to the disease and ever recurrences in some patients.

Corneal Dystrophies –

They are corneal disease which can be genetically transmitted in a family. Deposition of various accumulates abnormal material in the clear cornea resulting in cloudy vision. Epithetial basement membrane dystrophy , Fuchs corneal dystrophy, Macular corneal dystrophy are common dystrophies.

Dry Eye –

With today’s workstyle involving prolonged screen time of laptops and mobiles dry eye has become very common condition It can also be caused by systemic and hormonal disorders It is characterized by redness and foreign body sensation burning in the eye.

Congenital Disease –

<>Presence of cloudy cornea at birth can be due to various genetic corneal disorders ( like corneal dystrophy, congenital glaucoma peters anomaly etc.) or due infections in pregnancy ( like rubella infection etc.)

Contact lens related issues –

Use of contact lens can be associated with redness, itchy ,dry eyes resulting in blurring vision. It can also cause vision threatening complications like corneal ulcers.

CORNEAL SURGERIES- Corneal Transplant Surgery (Keratoplasty)

It refers to removing unhealthy cornea (either partial or total ) surgically and replacing it with a healthy donor cornea ( either partial or total ) Depending on the disease our cornea surgeon will advise the different types of keratoplasty ( corneal transplant surgery ). Types of corneal surgery transplant available at KHANNA EYE CENTRE.

Penetrating keratoplasty (PK) –

Refers to replacement of full thickness disease cornea with healthy cornea tissue.

DALK (Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty) –

It is type of partial thickness corneal transplant surgery involving replacements of anterior (front) disease corneal tissues with healthy donor tissue.

Endothelial keratoplasty ( DSEK, DMEK ) –

Refers to replacement of full thickness disease cornea with healthy cornea tissue.

OTHER CORNEAL SURGERIES–

PTERYGIUM SURGERY WITH SUTURELESS AUTOGRAFT

It involves removal of wing shaped whitish mass encroaching cornea and replacement with conjunctival graft transplantation done with the latest NO SUTURE TECHNIQUE.

CORNEAL TEAR REPAIR

Trauma causing cornea tear needs urgent surgical management

AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFTING

In chemical injuries ,accidental Chuna (lime powder)fall in eye

STEM CELL TRANSPLANT (SLET)

SURFACE TUMORS EXCISION and BIOPSY

DRY EYE –PUNCTAL PLUGS