Probably not. Surgery isn't usually needed for a corneal abrasion itself. But rare and severe cases, with large or deep scars from nonhealing abrasions, might need an operation called a ...

"What happens to the eye when you get UV exposure is that the epithelial layer loses its resilience. Some of it sloughs off," ...

Corneal blindness is vision loss due to damage or scarring of the cornea, the eye's transparent outer layer. It can happen because of infections, injuries, and deficiencies like vitamin A.

The study focused on four patients with limbal stem-cell deficiency (LSCD), a condition that leads to blindness due to corneal scarring. These patients received corneal cell transplants derived ...

Extensive work in New Zealand rabbits with corneal wounds that mimic post-ulcerative corneal scarring in humans 2 showed that Kuragenx could restore corneal health within a few months 3.

The elderly man who underwent this procedure had lost his sight due to corneal scarring, but after the implant, his vision was restored. The CorNeat KPro, an advanced artificial cornea ...

The indication for insertion of ProKera was nonhealing corneal ulcers of infective origin ... vascularization, or scarring but no epithelial defect; stage 2: neurotrophic keratopathy with ...