PMID: 22352109Feb 23, 2012Paper

Corneal swapping in a bomb blast victim

JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Tanveer Anjum ChaudhryKhabir Ahmad

Abstract

The case of a 40-year-old-man who presented to our clinic with bilateral blindness as a consequence of bomb blast injuries is reported. He had a completely opaque cornea, partially damaged posterior segment and perception of light in the right eye, while a clear cornea, totally damaged posterior segment and no light perception in the fellow eye. His corneas were successfully swapped which gave him navigational vision.

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