keratophakia /ker·a·to·pha·kia/ (ker″ah-to-fa´ke-ah) keratoplasty in which a slice of donor's cornea is shaped to a desired curvature and inserted between layers of the recipient's cornea to change its curvature.
keratophakia
ker·a·to·pha·ki·a (k r  -t -f  k -)n. Keratoplasty in which corneal tissue from a donor is frozen, reshaped, and transplanted into the corneal stroma of the recipient to modify refractive error. |
keratophakia
[-fā′kē·ə]
the surgical implantation of donor cornea to the anterior cornea to modify a refractive error.
keratophakia
A surgical procedure on the cornea aimed at correcting ametropia. A donor corneal disc (or lenticule) that was previously frozen and reshaped is inserted into the host cornea to modify the anterior corneal curvature. There are many complications and technical difficulties associated with this procedure. Syn. refractive keratoplasty and keratorefractive surgery (both terms also include epikeratoplasty, keratomileusis and radial keratotomy). See epikeratoplasty; Intacs; keratomileusis; photorefractive keratectomy; LASIK; LASEK; lenticule.
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