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Cornea Donation
April 14, 2008 |
Dr. Mark Gorovoy is perfection the art of a new corneal transplant in Southwest
Florida. In the past four years he’s performed almost 600 of the procedures
successfully. He says, “This new way is we’re just replacing this inside layer.
We literally peel it off and stick a new inside layer in.” Helen Martin was a
patient who had the DAESK transplant procedure. She says, “It’s marvelous. You
can see you can see colors things you weren’t seeing at all and you didn’t have
any pain in your eye at all. But as the popularity of the procedure increases so
does the need for donated corneas. Dr. Gorovoy says, “This is donor tissue
that’s donated it’s not synthetic material. Because we’re able to help more
patients with this condition the supply of corneas needs to be increased. I
really encourage everyone to be an organ donor.” Dr. Gorovoy’s patients know
that without generous organ donors they would have likely lived the rest of
their lives in the dark. Helen says, “This is wonderful because they use a
little piece and it grows this beautiful new cornea for you.” Carolyn Boyer is
another DAESK patient who is thankful for the cornea donors. “I thanked God for
them and their families and stuff like that I would have the opportunity to have
this because I think it’s great.” If you want to become and organ donor you can
ask to have it marked on your driver’s license. It’s also important to tell your
family and friends so that they have no doubts about your decision to donate.
Surgeons use several layers from one donated cornea to save the vision of dozens
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