Cornea Specialist In Mumbai
What is the cornea?
Cornea is the outermost transparent portion of the eye. It is the clear, dome shaped surface that covers the front of the eye. It plays an important role in focusing your vision.
What are the common pathologies that affect the cornea?
Keratoconus Infections, Dystrophies Degenerations & Corneal scars.
I have a corneal problem, would I need a surgery?
Not all corneal pathologies need surgery. A number of pathologies can be treated medically. However, for treatment of corneal pathologies that are not treatable with medicines, a surgery may be required. Most common corneal surgery is penetrating keratoplasty (corneal transplant).
What is cornea transplant?
Cornea transplant is a procedure where the diseased cornea is removed and is replaced with a donor cornea that is collected from a healthy donor after death.
Cornea Specialist In Mumbai
Mumbai Eye Care is famous for its corneal transplant surgery. We are known for the best cornea specialist in Mumbai. We perform a very high volume of cornea transplant making us the highest volume transplant center in the region.
At Mumbai Eye Care we perform all types of corneal transplants such as penetrating keratoplasty, Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK), Descemets stripping endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK) and Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK).
Dr. Jatin Ashar has been trained in ophthalmology from ‘All India Institute of Medical Sciences’, New Delhi and L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.
He has trained many other eye surgeons in performing cataract surgery using phacoemuslification. He is proficient in performing difficult cataract surgeries in cases of corneal pathologies, uveitis and gluacoma. He has also performed numerous cataract surgeries in infants as young as 1 month old. His work on lens power selection for cataract surgery after LASIK had been selected for presentation at the ‘American Academy of Ophthalmology’ meeting at San Diego.
Dr. Jatin Ashar is a renowned eye cornea specialist in Mumbai. He is trained in cornea from world-renowned L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. He performs all types of corneal surgeries such as penetrating keratoplasty, Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK), keratoprosthesis. He is among very few surgeons in India who perform Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). He has successfully performed numerous difficult cornea transplants such as cornea transplants in children. He has received numerous awards for his work in cornea including the Achievement Award from American Academy of Ophthalmology.
What is the procedure of corneal transplantation?
A patient who requires corneal transplantation needs to register in the eye bank for cornea. When a suitable cornea is available for the patient, eye bank and the hospital will coordinate for the transplantation to be performed. The surgery is done usually under local anesthesia, for children however, general anesthesia is preferred. For full thickness corneal transplant- a round trephine is made in the cornea and similar round full thickness donor cornea is sutured to the host. For partial thickness transplant- DSEK, the donor cornea is dissected either using an automated machine called microkeratome or manually. The donor lenticule is inserted in the eye of the patient and is attached to the host using air. This procedure does not require sutures to attach the graft. Deep anterior lamellar keratplasty- in this only the anterior layers of the cornea are replaced by donor cornea. Keratoprosthesis-Here a special device called keratoprosthesis is placed in the eye. This has a central cylinder that passes through the center of the donor cornea.
What do I do after cornea transplant?
After corneal transplant patient needs to use drops for a long time. These include antibiotics for a few days, steroids in tapering doses for a few months and lubricating drops.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Jatin Ashar, please contact:
Name: Mumbai Eye Care
Address: 101/102, Sai Vaibhav CHS, Nr. Vikrant Circle, Ghatkopar (East), Mumbai-400077
Phone: +91–8451045934, 8451045935, 022–25066699
Website: www.mumbaieyecare.com
Website: www.mumbaieyecarecornealasik.com
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