EYE surgeons at a Hampshire hospital are transforming patients? lives

[Northerner]

EYE surgeons at a Hampshire hospital are transforming patients? lives with the use of cutting-edge technology.

Patients across the region who undergo corneal transplants at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth (QA) can be in and out of surgery within 20 minutes with no injections or stitches and have a much quicker recovery |time than with traditional surgery.

Diseases of the cornea usually affect people over the age of 65 and if left untreated, can lead to blindness.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10997510.Eye_surgeons_transforming_lives_in_Hampshire/

 

[itsallgood]

Thanks for posting this Northie, this procedure is exactly what I need but until now (it seems) it had a low success rate for cases like mine. After an accident at age 4 I've had a lifetime of pain and poor vision in my right eye, most recently as a result of corneal oedema. A few years back I saw the top eye surgeon at Moorfields hospital who said the procedure was still in its infancy but might be ok in the future.

There's hope for me yet 🙂