Table 1

Experimental and clinical corneas evaluated

Eye No
Recipient Donor Purpose and outcome
Human eye bank eyes 1–5Measurement of corneal dissection depth: 95.4% (SD 2.7%)
Human eye bank eyes 6–30Organ cultured corneas from eyes 31–55Evaluation surgical procedure in vitro; 12% microperforation
Patient eyes 1–7Organ cultured corneas from eyes 56–62Clinical evaluation surgical procedure (see Table 2)