100 years of Cornea Transplants

[Paul Osborne]

Just spotted this on the BBC News website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4502994.stm

Paul

[Susan Mason]

Thanks Paul, very interesting (even if a bit too graphic for my liking).

There was something similar on the 11am news on Granada featuring a little boy who had received corneal grafts which had enabled him to once again see clearly, I don't remember them saying what his condition was though.

Thanks for the link

Susan

[Per]

Came across this movie yesterday. Very interresting. Seems to me there is an entire cornea business in the US:

http://researchchannel.org/program/disp ... p?rid=2331

[rosemary johnson]

There was an article about htis in the latest Moorfields newsletter (to people who signed up as "members" under the foundation trust regime stuff).
It actually mentioned KC as the most common reason for transplants.
It also had a photo - looking as f it had been scanned, faxed and re-computerised, or somthing as rather jagged edges - of the guy who did the first one.
I'll see if i can find my copy of the newsletter.
Meanwhile, it mightbe on the MEH web ste, if anyone here can use that and find things on it.
rosemary