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A keratoprosthesis surgery is corneal transplantation using an artificial cornea. This is in contrast to a traditional penetrating keratoplasty (described previously) that utilizes cornea from a deceased donor. A keratoprosthesis (also abbreviated as KPro) is used in situations where using donor cornea is unlikely to succeed. To be successful, transplanted donor cornea would need to clear following the keratoplasty. In cases where the cornea does not clear or initially clears but becomes cloudy later on, the transplant is said to have failed.
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Koplin, R.S., Wu, E.I., Ritterband, D.C., Seedor, J.A. (2013). Corneal Transplantation: Keratoprosthesis. In: The Scrub's Bible. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5644-5_19
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