A short history of corneal transplantation: commemorating 100 years
Kirkwood, B.J.
Insight 31(1): 15
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1060-135X PMID: 16817568 Document Number: 602576
Corneal transplantation is the most commonly performed transplant surgery in the world today. This procedure replaces all or some of the recipient cornea with a cadaveric donor cornea. It has been 100 years since the first successful human allograft corneal transplantation was performed. This article provides the reader with a brief history of corneal transplantation.