| Autor: |
PhD, K. A. Williams, BSc(Hons), M. A. White, BSc(Hons), P. R. Badenoch, SRN, T. R. Wedding, SRN, S. J. Alfrich, Sawyer, M. A., Noack, L. M., BSc(Hons), E. W. Johnstone, Zilm, G., FRACO, D. J. Coster |
| Zdroj: |
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology; 1990, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p77-89, 13p |
| 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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