Corneal transplantation today

Corneal transplant become a surgical procedure which is performed with success in more many ophthalmological medico-surgical centers. This way it raised a fully experience concerning selection of cases and the preservation of the graft, surgical technique and the graft rejection. The authors present a general view of the problems concerning keratoplasty making a briefly summary of the indications, contraindications and prognosis of this technique, screening of donor tissue and a little larger one the surgical technique with his problems: trephining, preserving the donor tissue and placing the graft, and also the postoperative problems--suture removal, visual correction and corneal transplant rejection.