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Living contacts save sight in eye surgery breakthrough
Surgeons at St. Luke's Lutheran Hospital performed epikeratophakia to treat keratoconus. Patient Jesse D. Luera, 28, became the first to undergo the procedure, which places a freeze-dried donor cornea atop the patient’s cornea to improve focus and vision. The method, approved for general use in spring, is described as promising and less experimental.
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St. Luke’s Lutheran Hospital
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