Corneal Disease & Transplantation

Dear Colleagues,

Corneal diseases represent the third leading cause of blindness worldwide after cataract and glaucoma. Corneal transplantation aims at restoring corneal clarity and vision and is the most frequently performed transplant worldwide. Different corneal transplantation techniques have developed over the years, from full-thickness to lamellar grafts. Translational approaches are needed to guarantee visual rehabilitation and to achieve long-term graft survival. Strategies to improve refractive outcomes, rejection-free graft survival, and overall graft survival of corneal transplantations are of utmost importance. In addition, the availability of corneal donor tissue is limited worldwide, hence, new surgical and cell-based approaches have been developed to overcome the shortage of donor tissues.

The aim of this Special Issue is to include original studies as well as reviews on corneal diseases and transplantations. Authors should submit articles on themes including, but not limited to the following:

• Keratoconus
• Corneal scar
• Corneal infections
• Corneal dystrophies
• Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy (FED)
• Penetrating keratoplasty (PK)
• Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK)
• Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK)
• Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)
• Refractive surgery on corneal transplantation
• Parasurgical corneal treatment
• Tissue-engineered corneal transplant
• Endothelial cell culture/injection
• Rho-kinase inhibitors
• Gene therapy
• Eye banking

Dr. Vito Romano
Dr. Giulia Coco
Guest Editors

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