AD clinic performs UAE's 1st artificial cornea transplant

‘Artificial corneal transplants are designed for people whose eye disease is so advanced, they would not be a candidate for a regular transplant’

The cornea is the clear, dome-shaped window that protects the eye and helps the lens focus light. WAM

ABU DHABI

Surgeons at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, part of Mubadala’s network of healthcare providers, have performed the UAE’s first artificial cornea transplant in an effort to restore a patient’s eyesight.

The cornea is the clear, dome-shaped window that protects the eye and helps the lens focus light. This vital part of the eye can become clouded or damaged due to eye disease or injury, causing vision loss and even blindness.

To overcome this, corneal transplants replace the damaged cornea with tissue from a donor, restoring or improving vision significantly.

While cornea transplants from a human donor have been used for a number of years, some patients with severe corneal or ocular surface disease are not candidates for this traditional approach since a transplanted cornea would quickly succumb to disease or be rejected, offering no improvement for their condition.