Lamellar keratoplasty
Lamellar keratoplasty involves replacement of your damaged or diseased anterior corneal stroma (middle layer of your cornea) and Bowman’s membrane (second layer of your cornea) with donor material. Most of the bottom three layers of your cornea can be preserved. The donor corneal disc becomes repopulated with host cells, and the recipient epithelium usually covers the anterior corneal surface. Lamellar keratoplasty has the advantage of being primarily outside the eye, making it a procedure that preserves your endothelium. The risk of rejection becomes less of an issue.
Dr. Martinez as a Fellowship Cornea Specialist , has performed successfully many of this procedures.
