New Cornea Transplant Research


German and British Scientists have unveiled new research findings that could further improve the success of corneal transplants. The new report, published in the journal Ophthalmology, showed that patients who had abnormal blood vessel growth in the eyes, before treatment, were up to 30% more likely to reject sight-saving transplant tissue.

The combined research teams now recommend that patients should be screened for abnormal blood vessel growth in the eyes - or neovascularisation - before undergoing transplant surgery.

The scientists claim that these at-risk individuals could benefit from using drug therapies, before transplant surgery, that would inhibit the growth of abnormal blood vessels

1st July 2010

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