Cornea

The treatment of diseases related to the cornea, at PBMA’s H.V. Desai Eye Hospital, provides a complete range of services for cornea in children as well as adults, which include:

• Allergic eye diseases
• Corneal infections
• Congenital and hereditary cornea disorders ocular trauma
• Keratoconus and other corneal degenerations
• Ocular surface disorders, which include severe dry eyes, blepharitis, chemical injuries, Stevens Johnson’s syndrome and ocular surface tumours
• Refractive errors

The cornea department of PBMA’s H. V. Desai Eye Hospital offers state-of-the-art instruments such as:

• Specular Microscope: A valuable part of investigations for corneal transplantation surgeries and cataract surgeries.
• Haag Streit Slit Lamp with digital imaging: Can store thousands of pre & post operative clinical photos.
• Pentacam: The most important instrument for screening of patients for LASIK and Keratoconus.
• Pachymetry
• Anterior Segment OCT
• Dry Eye Analyser

PBMA’s H. V. Desai Eye Hospital provides virtually all the options required for the treatment of various corneal conditions, such as:

• Optical penetrating keratoplasty (corneal transplants)
• Newer keratoplasties: DALK & DSEK
• Keratoprosthesis surgery: Artificial cornea
• Tectonic & therapeutic grafts: For the treatment of infections
• Pterygium with conjunctival grafts: Sutureless surgery
• Treatment of injuries to the globe: Corneal tear suturing, sclera tear suturing
• Treatment of acid , alkali & thermal injuries of the eye: Amniotic membrane grafting
• Ocular surface reconstruction surgeries
• Dry eye treatments
• Collagen cross-linking

• Soft contact lenses fitting
• Fitting of specialized lenses for Keratoconus & prosthetic C.L.s
• Coloured /cosmetic contact lenses

Our quality work has been published in several peer-reviewed scientific journals:

• Outcome of Optical Penetrating Keratoplasties in a Tertiary Care Eye Institute in Western India-Joshi S.A., Jagdale S., More P., Deshpande M. Indian J Ophthalmol Jan 2012 Vol 60
• Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty in Dematiaceous Fungal Keratitis-Joshi S.A., Sharma N., Deshpande M. Journal of Clinical Ophthalmol & Research. May–June 2016 Ophthalmol & Research, May- Aug 2016
• High Risk Penetrating Keratoplasties. Joshi S.A., Deshpande M. Journal of Clinical Ophthalmol & Research. Aug-Oct 2016
• Unusual Case of Globe Rupture- the Brittle Cornea Without Systemic Manifestations, Joshi S.A., Upapalli S., More P, Deshpande M.–BMJ Case Reports. bcr 2016-21572
• Efficiency of postoperative systemic immunosuppression with Methotrexate in High risk Penetrating Keratoplasty, Joshi S.A. Sharma N S Deshpande col. M.D. Clinics In Surgery 2019,4:2420
• Management and outcome of case of severe ocular chemical Injury; Joshi S.A Deshpande Col. M.D. Surgical Case reports , Science Repository, ISSN -2313-5965.