Kerapolasty in Ukraine. Present state and prospects of development
The article presents information on the current state of keratoplasty in Ukraine.Thanks tocooperation between SE“Bioimplant”of Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapyn.a. V.P. Filatov of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine and Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Ophthalmological Hospital since 2014 keratoplasties have been renewed in Ukraine. Over the following three years 629 keratobioimplants from human donor cornea were made and clinically used for penetrating and lamellar keratoplasty. Long-term clinical results demonstrate high quality of engraftment and improvement of visual acuity in patients. In 99.4% cases of curative keratoplasty the inflammatory process was stopped, the destruction of the cornea was stopped; the eyes of the patients were preserved for further surgical interventions with an optical purpose.