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  • Eye (ophthalmic) surgery punches designed to excise a segment of tissue (frequently in the form of a disc) from the sclera or cornea of a patient or from grafts taken from (cadaver) donors. These punches are typically handheld, manual instruments with a set of sharp hollow tips at the distal end (a rotary mechanism that may be either integral or as an attachment) operated by squeezing a two-part handle. Corneoscleral eye surgical punches are used mainly to perform ophthalmic graft implantations or, less frequently, to obtain grafts from the sclera of cadaver donors. Dedicated corneoscleral punches consisting of a bench-mounted apparatus intended to shape grafts of cadaver donors are also available.
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