Plastic cornea transplant restores vision
14th Nov 2006, 16:19 GMT
A contact-lens-size plastic implant being used by physicians at the University of Rochester Eye Institute and Johns Hopkins University is being used to restore some vision in infants and children who are blind because of a damaged or cloudy cornea, according to a new study.
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