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Dr. Asad Abbas performed
the first ever successful grafting operation of Plastic Cornea in Pakistan.
Dr. Asad Abbas, Senior Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology, Aga Khan University Hospital, operated on a patient whose vision had been
impaired due to an accident involving acid.
Keratoprosthesis,
as it is technically termed, is a surgery, which is first of its kind
in the subcontinent. Prior to this, the grafting of plastic cornea was
done only in a few developed countries.
Very few centres around
the world are geared to perform this surgery either because of lack of
training in this field or lack of access to the hardware. Dr. Abbas's
recent successful endeavor has placed Pakistan alongside the developed
centres of the world.
Dr.
Abbas is trained in Ophthalmology from USA with special interest in corneal
grafting and in the grafting of plastic corneas. He also specializes in
advanced " PHACO/ NO STITCH " cataract surgery.
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