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A cornea transplant is an operation used to remove all or part of a damaged cornea and replace it with healthy cornea tissue from the eye of a suitable donor. A cornea transplant is an operation used to remove all or part of a damaged cornea and replace it with healthy cornea tissue from the eye of a suitable donor.
Once you and your doctor decide you need a corneal transplant, your name is put on a list at eye banks in California and Panama . The average wait for a donor cornea is two weeks but could be as short as 3 days or as long as one month.