| Autor: |
Halliday, B L, Ritten, S A |
| Zdroj: |
British Journal of Ophthalmology; Jan1990, Vol. 74 Issue 1, p7-11, 5p, 4 Charts, 6 Graphs |
| Abstrakt: |
A retrospective evaluation was made of 983 penetrating corneal grafts. Donor corneas stored in either K-Sol or McCarey-Kaufman media had a significantly greater rate of primary graft failure (about 2%) than those kept in moist chamber storage (0%). Selected subgroups of 50 corneas from each storage system were studied to determine the time taken to reach a postoperative acuity of 6/12. No significant correlation was found between this time and either the duration of storage of donor corneas or the age of donor. A significant delay in recovery of visual acuity was found with increasing age of recipient. The increased average time from donor death to surgery for K-Sol (56 hours) and McCarey-Kaufman (40 hours) corneas compared with moist chamber corneas (15 hours) facilitated the scheduling of surgery at the cost of increased chance of primary graft failure. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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