Open AccessOutcome of transplanted donor corneas with more than 6 h of death-to-preservation time
Author(s) -
Ashik Mohamed,
Sunita Chaurasia,
Prashant Garg
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.194338
Subject(s) - medicine , eye bank , cornea , surgery , retrospective cohort study , corneal transplantation , corneal graft , corneal transplant , ophthalmology , graft rejection , transplantation
In tropical countries, physicians are skeptic in using corneas with death-to-preservation time (DTPT) >6 h, concerns being endothelial cell viability and microbial contamination on prolonged DTPT. The objective of the study was to investigate these concerns by analyzing the outcomes of corneal transplants performed using donor corneas with DTPT >6 h.