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Br J Ophthalmol 1990;74:7-11 doi:10.1136/bjo.74.1.7
  • Research Article

Effect of donor parameters on primary graft failure and the recovery of acuity after keratoplasty.

  1. B L Halliday and
  2. S A Ritten
  1. Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.

      Abstract

      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.

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