Eye Banking a Boon in Eye Health Care Services and Vision Restoration and Corneal Tattooing for Aesthetic Purposes

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Submitted: June 7, 2023
Published: Jun 20, 2023
DOI: 10.29328/journal.ijceo.1001050
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Inadvertent bleb, Scleral patch graft

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Shripat Dixit
Eye Department, Gomabai Netralaya, Madhya Pradesh, India
Reva Kanash
Cornea and Anterior Segment, Gomabai Netralaya, Madhya Pradesh, India
Hema Joshi
Cornea Department, Gomabai Netralaya, Madhya Pradesh, India

Abstract

Eye donation and eye banking are a boon in eye health care services for visual rehabilitation and corneal tattooing aesthetic purpose in post-trauma corneal opacities.


A young female reported to our hospital with a complaint of corneal opacity and difficulty in closing her left eye. On examination, she was diagnosed with a “Corneal scar with an Inadvertent bleb”. The patient reported a history of corneoscleral injury for more than four years. A slit lamp examination showed a corneal scar with a micro leak at the inferotemporal scleral region.

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Dixit, S., Kanash, R., & Joshi, H. (2023). Eye Banking a Boon in Eye Health Care Services and Vision Restoration and Corneal Tattooing for Aesthetic Purposes. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 7(1), 001–002. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.ijceo.1001050
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