This surgery is used in cases where corneal transplantation would carry a high risk of failure. With careful case selection, meticulous surgery and protocol-based postoperative management, even severely damaged eyes can recover functional vision.

Dr. Vazirani has worked with various types of artificial cornea devices. He was the first doctor in the new state of Andhra Pradesh, and one of the very few across the world, to perform surgery with a novel keratoprosthesis (LVP-Kpro)