Factors affecting the epithelial integrity of human donor corneas
Indian J Ophthalmol
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2023 Jan; 71(1): 91-94
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
To evaluate various factors affecting the integrity of human donor corneal epithelium.Methods:
Donor corneal buttons were evaluated for epithelial defect (ED) and exposure. The slit?lamp photographs were taken on day 01, and the data such as age and gender of the donor, cause of death, refrigeration of cadavers, death?to?preservation time (DPT), experience of technician, and distance from site of collection to eye bank were collected.Results:
A total of 100 consecutive corneal buttons belonging to 56 donors were evaluated. The median age of donors was 50 years. Males constituted 45 (80.4%). The mean DPT was 9.7 ± 5.3 hours. After death, 34 donors (60.7%) were refrigerated before the collection/retrieval. Most of the corneas (80%) were recovered by technicians having an experience of 0–5 years. Thirty?one donors (55.3%) were located at 1–50 km from the eye bank. The mean area of exposure was 15 ± 4.3 mm2. The mean area of ED was 28.7 ± 5.9 mm2. ED was significantly associated with refrigeration of cadavers and longer DPT. On multivariate analysis, only DPT was found to be significantly associated (P = 0.006; odds ratio [OR] = 1.54 ± 0.24) with the presence of ED. After transplantation, only two corneas had persistent epithelial defects and were treated successfully using various interventions.Conclusion:
Integrity of donor corneal epithelium is mainly influenced by the refrigeration of cadavers and DPT.
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Indian J Ophthalmol
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2023
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