The procedure is performed under a general anesthetic and takes approximately one hour.
Patients return home the same day.
Great care was taken in selecting the very finest in instrumentation for this procedure. While working under a surgical microscope, the diseased part of the cornea is removed and replaced with the high quality donor cornea. The new cornea is secured in position with carefully placed micro-surgical sutures. Family members who wish to do so may observe a loved one s surgery over our closed circuit television system. Although conventional cornea1 transplant techniques frequently produce a great deal of astigmatism, Dr. Kurt Buzard has refined new techniques which minimize, even eliminate, astigmatism.