Can They Do Eye Transplants For Dogs?

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Anonymous answered
Glaucoma can be managed medically or surgically.  When medical management fails surgery is the only option.  Enucleation is commonly performed and this can be done by your referring veterinarian.  Other surgical procedures are done by veterinary ophthalmologists.  There is not a true "transplant" procedure meaning taking an eye from another dog and placing it in your dog's socket. 
Surgical procedures for acute (sudden or very recent onset) glaucoma include cyclocryosurgery, laser surgery, filtration procedures, or enucleation.
Surgical procedures for chronic (long term) glaucoma include evisceration with prothesis (the globe is removed leaving the cornea and sclera--then a silicon prothesis is implanted and the globe sutured closed) or enucleation.
Have your veterinarian refer you to a veterinary ophthalmologist for options for you dog.
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Susan Bohl answered
There have been so many advances in veterinary medicine, that I'm sure there are vet opthalmologists that do corneal transplants in dogs.  I fear that the cost is prohibitive, but it's worth looking into, no pun intended.
Lisa Marie Halsey Muniz Profile
I agree with all the previous answers.  If you have a dog in need of one and can afford one then I would talk to your vet and get some more advice on how to go on and get it done.  Or maybe there is a cheaper way to go about it that is less vasive that can help some kind of medication or other surgery.  I would definetly talk to your vet about it.  Good luck.

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