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Surgery	Corneal Surgery
Corneal Surgery: Corneal laceration, corneal ulceration, corneal perforation, corneal transplantation, corneal sequestrum.		The cornea may be affected by a number of conditions where surgery is indicated. The main disease-processes are described in the information sheet on corneal transparency.
Dry Eye Surgery: Parotid Duct Transposition.		Corneal transplantation The surgery involves using fresh donor tissue to replace the defective tissue. Depending on the type of corneal disease, the surgery will involve transplanting cornea full-thickness (penetrating keratoplasty) or half-thickness (lamellar keratoplasty). Long term treatment with medications may be necessary to control inflammation after surgery. Indications for surgery: deep corneal ulceration, corneal degeneration, corneal dystrophy.
Eyelid Surgery: Entropion, Eyelid Tumors, Eyelash disorders, Eyelid Coloboma, Eyelid Defects.
Lens Surgery: Cataract surgery, Lens Luxation.
Glaucoma Surgery: Glaucoma Shunt placement, Laser Surgery.
Vitreo-Retinal Surgery: Vitrectomy, Laser Surgery.		Keratectomy This involves taking a thin slice of the cornea (similar to the first step in human LASIK surgery) to remove a piece of diseased tissue. Indications for surgery: chronic corneal diseases, in which conventional medical treatment has been unsuccessful.
Eyeball surgery: Enucleation, Evisceration, Exenteration.
		Sliding corneal transplantation/graft There is typically damage to the cornea (ulceration), which may be full thickness. Sliding a piece of healthy cornea into the defect and suturing it in place with dissolving (resorbing) or permanent (non-resorbing) sutures is necessary. Post-surgical treatment may include medical control of any underlying diseaes-process, such as dry eye (tear deficiency). Indications for surgery: deep corneal ulceration, corneal sequestration.
Animal Eye Clinic 204 Medford-Mt. Holly Rd (Rt 541) Medford, NJ 08055-9623 Phone (609) 654-0304 - Fax (609) 714 1479		Conjunctival graft A thin piece of conjunctiva (the pink lining of the eye) is used to cover a defect in the cornea. A corneal opacity may follow after this type of surgery, but in most cases this opacity of of little clinical importance. Indications for surgery: corneal ulceration, non-healing corneal ulcers associated with herpes virus in cats.