OSTEO-ODONTO-KERATOPROSTHESIS-A GROUNDBREAKING PROSTHESIS

Corneal Blindness is a leading cause of blindness globally.Various conditions like Stevens Johnsons syndrome, severe chemical burns, cicatrical pemphigoid, end stage trachoma, multiple failed grafts and graft versus host disease lead to end stage cornealdisease.Advancedcorneal disease leads to blindness.When traditional treatment modes failure occurs, a keratoprosthesis named osteo odonto keratoprosthesis developed by Strampelli in Italy is a