Excimer Laser Corneal Shaping System: Principles, Realization and Clinical Applications

Abstract

Corneal grafts are needed in ophthalmology for curative surgery on a regular basis. Thus transplants are often used in connatal abnormalities like a dermoid, to replace scarred tissue or in healing dystrophical defects like pemphigoid. There are several possibilities for their production, the most common being mechanical shaping and cutting of donor tissue.