| | | | | earned a number of distinctions in the field, |
| Cornea Transplant Hospitals In India | | | | including the #1 ranking in the country in both |
| | | | | patient and graft survival for kidney transplant..... |
| Corneal Transplant Surgery | | | | At We Care India partner hospital, transplant unit |
| The cornea is the tissue on the very front of the | | | | was established in 1997 with a view to providing |
| eye. It is clear and covers the iris and pupil. It | | | | state-of-the-art tertiary level care and service in |
| works with the lens to provide focusing power to | | | | liver and renal transplantation...... |
| the eye. | | | | |
| If the cornea becomes opaque, swollen, or | | | | Facilities and expertise available : - |
| scarred, vision is compromised. Medication to | | | | - Liver Transplantation for children and adults with |
| control the damage to the cornea is usually the | | | | acute and chronic liver failure /cirrhosis |
| first line of treatment, but once it is clear that | | | | - Living related Liver transplant and Cadaveric |
| medication will not halt or alter the damage, a | | | | transplant |
| corneal transplant is considered. This surgical | | | | - Pediatric hepatology service including transplant |
| procedure involves the removal of the damaged | | | | and biliary surgery |
| tissue and replacement with a healthy, donated | | | | - Adult Hepatology and Gastroenterology |
| human cornea..... | | | | - Renal Transplantation in adults and children |
| | | | | including Lap Donor Nephrectomy |
| What are the most common benefits of this | | | | - Complex vascular and peritoneal access |
| surgery ? | | | | procedures |
| The transplanted tissue will enable the patient to | | | | - Complex Hepatobiliary Surgery.... |
| regain much of the eyesight lost by the condition | | | | |
| which damaged the patient's own cornea. The | | | | Hospitals in India |
| surgery can also eliminate symptoms due to the | | | | Hospitals in India are a perfect destination for |
| corneal condition. Because this procedure is | | | | medical tourism that combines health treatment |
| performed only after medicines and other | | | | with visits to some of the most alluring and |
| treatments have failed, it is the final method of | | | | awe-inspiring places of the world. A growing |
| providing relatively normal eyesight to someone | | | | number of tourists are flocking in large numbers |
| having serious vision problems due to damage to | | | | because of the superlative medical care, |
| their cornea..... | | | | equipments and facilities that India offers. |
| | | | | These hospitals have also obtained national (NABH |
| How is the procedure performed ? | | | | – National Accreditation Board of Hospitals) |
| The transplant procedure involves removing the | | | | and International Accreditations (JCI – Joint |
| diseased or damaged tissue, then replacing it with | | | | Commission International, NIAHO, ISO). These |
| the donor tissue. The entire operation is done | | | | accreditations validate that these hospitals have |
| under a surgical microscope. After taking | | | | qualified and are continuously maintaining the |
| measurements of the amount of tissue to be | | | | strictest medical and patient care standards.... |
| removed, the diseased corneal is cut and lifted | | | | |
| away from the eye with a special round tool that | | | | The list of Cornea Transplant Hospitals in India is |
| works much like a cookie cutter called a | | | | as follows : - |
| trephine...... | | | | A ] Apollo Hospital, Chennai |
| | | | | B ] Apollo Hospital, Delhi |
| Ideal Candidate | | | | C ] Apollo Hospital, Bangalore |
| Corneal damage from many different sources can | | | | D ] Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad |
| be treated with a transplant. Some examples of | | | | F ] Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai |
| conditions that can result in a transplant are : - | | | | G ] Narayana Cancer Hospital, Bangalore |
| - corneal failure after other eye surgery | | | | H ] Fortis Hospitals, Delhi |
| - keratoconus -- a disease involving abnormal | | | | I ] Manipal Hospital, Bangalore |
| curvature of the cornea | | | | |
| - inherited corneal diseases.... | | | | |
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| are comprised of surgeons, medical specialists, | | | | |
| nurse coordinators, social workers and ancillary | | | | We Care Core Values |
| staff members who provide superior, specialized | | | | We have a very simple business model that |
| expertise in all related transplant services. From | | | | keeps you as the centre. |
| careful pre-transplant monitoring to post-surgical | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| care, Stanford's strong emphasis on continuous | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination |
| quality improvement creates better outcomes for | | | | teams stationed at each partner hospital, we |
| transplant patients. | | | | provide you the smoothest and seamless care |
| We Care India partner hospital has long been at | | | | ever imagined. With a ratio of one Patient Care |
| the forefront of the field, home to both the first | | | | Manager to five patients our patient care |
| adult heart transplant in the US and the first | | | | standards are unmatched across the sub |
| heart-lung transplant in the world. The transplant | | | | continent. |
| programs at We Care India partner hospital have | | | | |