What is the success rate for cornea transplants?
Unlike many organ transplant surgeries, a cornea transplant has about a 90 percent success rate. Matching blood types between donor and recipient is not necessary in most cornea transplant cases. This is due to the fact that the human cornea is avascular, meaning that it is not supplied by blood vessels. Therefore, the body is much less likely to reject a cornea than it would a vascular organ like a heart or liver.
