cornea bank

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• Cornea — For other uses, see Cornea (disambiguation). Cornea Schematic diagram of the human eye. (Cornea labeled at center top.) …   Wikipedia

• Eye bank — Eye banks retrieve and store eyes for cornea transplants and research. US eye banks provide tissue for about 46,000 cornea transplants a year to treat conditions such as keratoconus and cornea scarring. The cornea is not the only part of the eye… …   Wikipedia

• eye bank — noun a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects • Hypernyms: ↑bank * * * noun : a storage place for a reserve supply… …   Useful english dictionary

• Lions Eye Bank — is the name of the various eye banks operated by the Lions Save Sight Foundation (LSSF), a not for profit foundation within the Lions Clubs International service organisation. The Banks store and prepare donated corneas for transplantation.… …   Wikipedia

• Eye bank — A place to store corneas (the clear front window of the eye) for use in future keratoplasty (surgery to replace the cornea). * * * A place where corneas of eyes removed after death are preserved for subsequent keratoplasty. * * * eye bank n a… …   Medical dictionary

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• Víctor E Reviglio — Victor Eduardo Reviglio received the M.D. degree from the Catholic University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina, in 1995. He has been a Professor of ophthalmology at The National University of La Plata, Buenos Aires, since 2002. He was a Corneal… …   Wikipedia