A corneal transplant from a donor helps 2 patients see everything

The healer of Hue Central Hospital performed corneal transplant for 2 patients right after the corneal donor took the last breath. After the surgery, the patient’s vision was restored.

Two patients with corneal patient. Photo: BV. Information from Hue Central Hospital said that recently, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Pham Nhu Hiep – Director of Hue Central Hospital, the Hospital’s Eye Center has conducted corneal transplant surgery for 2 diseases. benevolent corneal donor in Gia Lai. Before that, when receiving information from the National Organ Transplant Coordination Center about the case of a patient from Gia Lai who wishes to donate cornea, the physician of the Eye Center and the Organ Transplant Center, Hue Central Hospital went to visit the patient. After studying the feelings and aspirations of the corneal donor, the doctors returned to the hospital to conduct examination and selected the 2 most suitable patients from the long list of patients waiting for corneal transplant. When the corneal donor took the last breath, the physician of Hue Central Hospital took cornea and performed the transplant immediately for the ready patient. The first is a 43-year-old female patient in Quang Ninh district, Quang Binh. This patient with necrotic corneal ulceration that leads to perforation without early corneal transplantation is at higher risk of intraocular infection and eye damage. Thanks to the timely corneal transplant, the patient has preserved his eyes and restored his eyesight and can see within a distance of 3m. If the postoperative treatment results are good, the patient’s vision will surely increase much. The second person to receive a corneal transplant is a 74-year-old male patient residing in Huong Thuy, Thua Thien Hue. 2 eyes with corneal scarring for many years with both eyes vision can only distinguish light and dark. After a week of surgery, the patient’s vision was partially restored, he was able to walk and see everything within a distance of 2 meters. The patient’s foresight will be well restored in the future.