Keratoprostheses

Abstract

The past decade has seen significant advances in the development of corneal substitutes. Extremely promising results have been obtained with the synthetic artificial corneas, with the availability of a number of different prototypes. As a result, replacement of corneal tissue with artificial substitutes, while not commonplace, is certainly possible. The development of new tissue-engineered prototypes will only serve to enhance the potential of these systems for restoring the sight of visually compromised patients.