Looking back 20 years, there have been tremendous changes in how corneal transplants are performed.
Looking forward 20 years, the need for corneal transplants may decrease greatly, and we may see tremendous changes in the diagnosis and treatment of corneal disease.
Twenty years ago in 2003, I did the first Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty surgery in the United States. Who could have predicted the tremendous changes endothelial keratoplasty would make in the treatment of corneal diseases such as Fuchs’ dystrophy, especially after corneal transplants had changed so little in the