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Discussion on Corneal Transplant
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Member:
Kami
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Posted on Thursday, Aug 12, 2004 - 3:57 am:
I recently read something where University of Florida has done 100 corneal transplants (can't remember where at this point). Is there any new information about any other universities doing this and the results that they have been seeing?
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks
Kami
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Moderator:
DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Aug 12, 2004 - 11:27 am:
Neither they or any other institution has published anything in the scientific or medical literature Kami, but I will keep my eyes open for it.
DrO
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Member:
Kami
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Posted on Saturday, Aug 14, 2004 - 2:48 am:
Thanks. I appreciate that.
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New Member:
Redalert
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 7, 2004 - 11:42 am:
I would really like to hear from the folks who were corresponding abput the corneal transplant...my horse had one in 2001(unsuccessfuly), suffered much, and then I finally had his eye removed. I wonder what the statistics are on successful corneal transplants!}}
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Redalert
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Posted on Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 - 1:26 pm:
Sorry to post again so soon, but after re-reading all of the above posts, I really want to say more about my situation. Actually it was December 2002 when my horse had a corneal transplant at the University of Georgia. It was definitely a corneal transplant, done after a "flap" which did not help his fungal infection. His cornea was severely perforated, and transplant was offered to me as the only way to possibly save his eye! I was unaware of the ,what seems to me now, to be an extremely experimental procedure! I do hear that the University of Florida has done many of these procedures! Dr. Oglesby,why would not either of these institutions have not published any scientific or medical literature on this,yet???
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Oct 11, 2004 - 7:24 am:
Hello Nancy,
I don't know why they have not published their results yet. I too have seen the claims in the popular press but as of yet nothing in the refereed literature. However they were correct, if your cornea had a large perforation or uncontrolled infection with a perforation transplant was the only option that would have perserved eye sight.
DrO
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Redalert
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Posted on Monday, Oct 11, 2004 - 11:32 am:
Dr. Oglesby,
Thanks for the information. I replied to your email this a.m. without realizing I should have posted my reply(force of habit). I'll wait and see what cyberspace does with it before I talk with you again! THANKS
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