Characterization of cornea donors at a tissue center in the city of Medellin, Colombia.

Autor: Cadavid Usuga JC; Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia. juanc.cadavidus@gmail.com.; Ophthalmology Research Group, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia. juanc.cadavidus@gmail.com.; Girardota, Colombia, 051030. juanc.cadavidus@gmail.com., Maya Naranjo MI; Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia.; Ophthalmology Research Group, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia., Mesa Mesa S; Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia.; Ophthalmology Research Group, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia., Rivera AI; Eye Bank Department, Colombian Red Cross, Antioquia Section, Medellín, Colombia., Hincapié MP; Ophthalmology Research Group, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia., Granados MF; Ophthalmology Research Group, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia., Betancur C; Ophthalmology Research Group, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia., Donado Gomez JH; Research Department, Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital, Medellín, Colombia.; Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cell and tissue banking [Cell Tissue Bank] 2024 Jun; Vol. 25 (2), pp. 619-623. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 23.
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-023-10124-x
Abstrakt: The cornea transplant is considered the most frequently performed type of transplant in the world, with a demand that has been increasing in recent years. An observational descriptive study was conducted, focusing on the ocular tissue extracted from cadaveric donors from January 2019 to December 2021 at the Red Cross Eye Bank in Medellin, Colombia. This is the first epidemiological characterization of corneal donor tissues within the eye banks of our city, where high rates of violence-related deaths explain that tissue donors are mostly young individuals. This, in turn, results in excellent counts of endothelial cells and tissue viability in their microscopic studies. Additionally, there are lower rates of discarded tissues compared to similar studies.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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