Open AccessUse of glycerol-preserved corneas for corneal transplants
Author(s) -
Neeti Gupta,
Prerna Upadhyay
Publication year - 2017
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/ijo.ijo_56_17
Subject(s) - medicine , phthisis bulbi , ophthalmology , visual acuity , cornea , retrospective cohort study , corneal transplantation , corneal transplant , surgery , endophthalmitis , keratitis
This study was carried out to see the results of glycerol-preserved cornea (GPC) in emergency situation when fresh corneal tissue was not available. The aim was to study the outcome of corneal transplantation using GPC.