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[The Bratislava International Eye Bank--a member of the International Federation of Eye Banks]

Cesk Slov Oftalmol. 1996 Feb;52(1):34-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96213459
Cernak A; Galikova M; Ocna klinika IVZ, Bratislava.

Abstract: The International Eye Bank in Bratislava has assembled during its two-year activities 1007 corneae with a 2mm scleral margin by excision performed in the donor in situ, 11 total eye-balls and 43 sclerae. From this total number 1331 eye tissues had to be eliminated because of serum positivity (115 HBsAg, 12 HCV, 2 HIV 1,2 + HCV + HBsAg, 2 HBsAg + HCV, 2 HIV 1.2 + HBsAg). The most frequent cause of death in donors of corneae were carcinomas, injuries and cerebro- and cardiovascular diseases. Corneal grafts are stored at a temperature of +2 degrees C to +6 degrees C in Optisol GS medium. The most frequent indication for keratoplasty in Slovakia was keratopathia bullosa (28.6%), keratoconus (23.9%) and leukoma corneae (18.7%).
Keywords: Antibodies, Viral/ANALYSIS Corneal Transplantation/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/UTILIZATION English Abstract Eye Banks/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Female Human Male Slovakia Tissue Donors/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDantibodies,viral/analysiscornealtransplantation/statistics&numerdata/utilizationenglishabstracteyebanks/KWDstatistics&numerdatafemalehumanmaleslovakiatissuedonors/statistics&numerdatajournalarticle
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