Keratoplasty is a surgical procedure to restore the shape and functioning of cornea and to eliminate defects, opacities and deformations caused by keratoconus or a traumatic experience. The aim of this surgery is to replace a part of the cornea with a donor transplant. The corneal graft may replace different separate layers of the cornea (anterior and posterior lamellar keratoplasty) or all layers (penetraring keratoplasty).

Keratoplasty at S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution is carried out by highly qualified ophthalmic surgeons who have extensive experience in performing such surgeries. The use of modern techniques, such as femtosecond laser-assisted keratoplasty, minimizes postoperative complications and allows to achieve the most positive results.

Every year S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution performs around 1000 corneal transplantations

Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution has a corneal bank to keep keratoplasty biomaterial, thus the surgery depends only on the patient’s will and the individual indications for keratoplasty. Corneal tissue is selected in accordance with the standards of the world leading ophthalmology clinics, repeated surveys: biological, virological and endothelial cell layer are performed, this altogether allows to make a forecast on the vitality of the material and the outcome of the surgery.