Determining the critical death to preservation time for procuring good quality donor corneas in the Philippine setting / Dominga B. Padilla [and two others]
Subject(s): Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the maximum allowable death to preservation time for procurement of "good" quality donor corneas in the Philippine setting. A retrospective review of the eye charts of 1,829 corneas evaluated by the Sta. Lucia Eye Bank of the Philippines between October 31, 1995 and August 31, 1998 was performed. During that time 1,253 corneas were used for Penetrating Keratoplasty, 110 corneas were used as tectonic grafts. Three hundred and twenty one corneas were disposed of for safety reasons. One hundred and thirty five corneas were excluded due to poor tissue quality. The most common reason for exclusion of tissue from distribution was a positive serology test. Chi-square test and One-way ANOVA test were used to analyze data. Data analysis revealed that cornea rating was significantly influenced by "Death to Preservation" time. The critical "Death to Preservation" time for procurement of corneas with "Good" rating was determined to be 9 hours in the Philippine setting.| Cover image | Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | URL | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | Item hold queue priority | Course reserves | |
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The purpose of this study was to determine the maximum allowable death to preservation time for procurement of "good" quality donor corneas in the Philippine setting. A retrospective review of the eye charts of 1,829 corneas evaluated by the Sta. Lucia Eye Bank of the Philippines between October 31, 1995 and August 31, 1998 was performed. During that time 1,253 corneas were used for Penetrating Keratoplasty, 110 corneas were used as tectonic grafts. Three hundred and twenty one corneas were disposed of for safety reasons. One hundred and thirty five corneas were excluded due to poor tissue quality. The most common reason for exclusion of tissue from distribution was a positive serology test. Chi-square test and One-way ANOVA test were used to analyze data. Data analysis revealed that cornea rating was significantly influenced by "Death to Preservation" time. The critical "Death to Preservation" time for procurement of corneas with "Good" rating was determined to be 9 hours in the Philippine setting.
Makati Medical Center Proceedings, 1999 (13) pages 57-61
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