Cornea & Keratoconus

Cornea &
Keratoconus

Nandadeep Eye Hospital has an extensive cornea clinic & surgical unit. State of the art diagnostic & therapeutic equipment & super-specialist corneal surgeons are the major qualities in solving challenging cases successfully.

Nandadeep cornea clinic is famous for the treatment of Keratoconus, Corneal ulcers, Pterygium, Severe Dry eye, Steven Johnson Syndrome, and Chemical injury.

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What would happen if the cornea is damaged?

The cornea is the outermost layer of the eye. A clear cornea is essential for vision. The cornea is your eye’s clear, protective outer layer. … If your cornea is damaged by disease, infection, or an injury, the resulting scars can affect your vision. They might block or distort light as it enters your eye.

 
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The clinic evaluates and treats patients with corneal and external eye diseases including:

Ocular surface disorders

Keratoconus

Keratoconus is an disease that affects usually bilaterally the cornea and results in progressive thinning of the cornea. This may bring about dimness of vision, diplopia, myopia, irregular astigmatism, and light sensitivity. In progressively serious cases a scarring or a circle might be seen inside the cornea. While the reason is obscure, it is accepted to happen because of a mix of hereditary, ecological, and hormonal components. Around seven percent of those influenced have a family ancestry of the condition. Proposed ecological elements like rubbing the eyes and ocular allergies. The basic component includes changes of the cornea to a cone shape which is evaluated by a slit lamp biomicroscope. Early detection and management can prevent extensive progression. Nandadeep Eye Hospital has an exclusive Keratoconus Clinic comprising modern instruments such as Pentacam, Specular Microscope, Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography, etc for detection of early Keratoconus to stop the progression with the help of early management. Keratoconus affects around 1 out of 2000 individuals. It happens mostly in late childhood to early adulthood.

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How is Cornea Diagnosed?

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cornea keratoconus scan at nandadeep
Cornea Keratoconus diagnostic test

The department caters to the efficient diagnosis and management of a wide range of diseases:

What are the various divisions or departments of the Eye Bank?

The Eye Bank is divided into various departments for administrative ease and for ensuring its smooth and proper functioning. The various departments include:

Technical Department:

Its responsibilities include the following functions:

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Donor Development:

Its responsibilities include the following functions:

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Quality Control:

Its responsibilities include the following functions:

Investigations and Diagnostic Services

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Eye Bank :

There are currently an estimated 15 million blind people in India. 6.8 million of these suffer from corneal blindness with vision less than 6/60 in at least one eye, and of these, about 1 million have bilateral corneal blindness. To effectively meet the ever growing demand, we need around 150,000 corneal transplants to be performed every year.

What is the function of an Eye Bank?

Frequently Asked Questions

The recovery occurs within hours of the death of the donor. The entire eye, called the globe, may be surgically removed (enucleated), or only the cornea may be excised in-situ and placed in storage media.

Practically anybody from the age of 1 year. There is no upper age limit. People who wear spectacles, who have undergone cataract surgery, diabetics, and those who have hypertension can donate their eyes. People blind from retinal or optic nerve disease can also donate their eyes. The ultimate decision about usage for transplantation will be made after evaluation.

Motivate the next of kin of the deceased person to donate their eyes. Eyes need to be collected within 6 hours of death so call your nearest eye bank at the earliest. You are authorized to donate the eyes of your beloved relatives at the time of their death, even if a pledge for donation has not been made earlier by the deceased.

  • Keep the eyes of the deceased closed and cover it with moist cotton.
  • Switch off the overhead fan.
  • Raise the head end of the body by about 6 inches, if possible – to decrease the incidence of bleeding during the removal of the eyes.
  • If possible, instill antibiotic eye drops periodically.

A call for donating eyes sets in motion the Eye Bank machinery and a team is dispatched within 15 minutes. At the site, the eyes of the deceased are enucleated without causing any disfigurement. This procedure takes about 10-15 minutes.

  • Death from unknown cause.
  • Death due to infectious caused viz. Rabies, syphilis, infectious hepatitis, septicemia, AIDS, corona.
  • Any frank ocular infection, previous refractive surgery.
  • Cancer in any part of the body.

No. Only the cornea and sclera can be transplanted. However, the entire eyeball is enucleated, to enable the corneo-scleral disc to be fashioned surgically in a sterile environment.

No. The gift of sight is made anonymously.

Our Cornea And Keratoconus Treatment Specialist

Dr. Prasanna Aradhye Cornea Specialist M.B.B.S, D.O., F.M.R.F.

Dr. Prasanna Aradhye

Cornea Specialist
M.B.B.S, D.O., F.M.R.F.

Dr. Jyotsna M. Patil MBBS, DNB, FIG, (FICO)

Dr. Seema Mane

Cornea and dryness specialist
MS, FMRF (Cornea)

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