Corneal Neurotization Improves Ocular Surface Health in a Novel Rat Model of Neurotrophic Keratopathy and Corneal Neurotization

Abstract

Donor nerve fibers reinnervate the insensate cornea after corneal neurotization and significantly improve corneal maintenance and repair. This model can be used to further investigate how corneal neurotization influences epithelial maintenance and repair in the context of NK.