Editing Corneal transplantation (section)

==Epidemiology==
Corneal transplant is one of the most common transplant procedures.<ref name="betterhealth">{{cite web|url=https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ConditionsAndTreatments/corneal-transplantation-and-donation|title=Corneal transplantation and donation|work=Better Health Channel|publisher=[[Department of Health and Human Services (Victoria)|Department of Health and Human Services]]|location=Victoria, Australia|access-date=27 January 2019}}</ref>  Although approximately 100,000 procedures are performed worldwide each year, some estimates report that 10,000,000 people are affected by various disorders that would benefit from corneal transplantation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asmr.org.au/news/CS.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820023254/http://www.asmr.org.au/news/CS.pdf |archive-date=20 August 2006 }}</ref>

In Australia, approximately 2,000 grafts are performed each year.<ref name="betterhealth"/> According to the [[NHS Blood and Transplant]], over 2,300 corneal transplant procedures are performed each year in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/statistics/transplant_activity_report/current_activity_reports.jsp/ukt/tx_activity_report_2005_uk_complete-v2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051025120053/http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/statistics/transplant_activity_report/current_activity_reports.jsp/ukt/tx_activity_report_2005_uk_complete-v2.pdf |archive-date=25 October 2005 }}</ref> In the one-year period ending 31 March 2006, 2,503 people received corneal transplants in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/statistics/statistics.jsp |title=Statistics |access-date=19 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222002930/http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/statistics/statistics.jsp |archive-date=22 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>