Artificial Cornea Implanted - The Daily Populous

jaylong76 on December 10th, 2021 at 13:36 UTC »

how is that person's eyesight afterwards?

Spartan2470 on December 10th, 2021 at 13:48 UTC »

This implant is called Boston keratoprosthesis type I implant.

Here is more info on the procedure and device.

https://www.aaojournal.org/article/S0161-6420(16)30660-1/fulltext

And here is a diagram that illustrates it better

Per /u/BruceInc over here.

Spartan2470 on December 10th, 2021 at 13:49 UTC »

Here is another high quality (4744x2812) picture of one of these.

Here is what this eye looked like before.

Per here:

(A) [The image provided here] Preoperative appearance of a 42-year-old woman with a chronic descemetocele in an anesthetic cornea from trigeminal nerve damage following neurosurgery. Prior attempts at ocular surface reconstruction with amniotic membrane had been unsuccessful. Preoperative vision was 20/200.

(B) [The image OP provided] Postoperative appearance 1 week following type I Boston KPro, cataract removal and intraocular lens placement. Uncorrected vision was 20/20. The patient is now more than 2 years after the KPro placement with maintenance of excellent vision and without complications.