| Autor: |
Williams KA; Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide., White MA, Badenoch PR, Wedding TR, Alfrich SJ, Sawyer MA, Noack LM, Johnstone EW, Zilm G, Coster DJ |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology [Aust N Z J Ophthalmol] 1990 Feb; Vol. 18 (1), pp. 77-89. |
| DOI: |
10.1111/j.1442-9071.1990.tb00588.x |
| Abstrakt: |
The Lions Eye Bank of South Australia was established six years ago and has collected corneas from 790 donors. The consent rate is currently 82% of requests made. Two-thirds of donors have been male, with mean donor age/year varying from 54 to 64 years (range two to 93 years). Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, trauma and haemorrhage account for 80% of all donor deaths. Mean death to enucleation time is five hours. Corneas assessed as being of excellent or very good quality are released preferentially from the bank; those with central endothelial cell counts of less than 1500 cells/mm2 are discarded. Fewer than 1% of donors have returned a positive result for HIV or hepatitis B. Of the 1580 corneas collected by the bank, 863 (55%) have been used for transplantation with a primary non-function rate of 0.46%. The evolving policies, logistics of operation and methodologies employed by the bank are described in detail. |
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MEDLINE |
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