Corneal Preservation: Past, Present, and Future
1991; Slack Incorporated (United States); Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3928/1081-597x-19910101-17
ISSN1938-2391
Autores Tópico(s)Urological Disorders and Treatments
ResumoABSTRACT: In the past 15 years, techniques of corneal preservation have progressed from the storage of whole eyes in moist chambers for 24 hours at 4°C to the preservation of isolated corneas for 1 week at 4°C and for 1 month at 34°C. Both of the latter techniques display a time-dependent deterioration of corneal tissue during storage. This deterioration has forced a reappraisal of corneal cryopreservation as a method for permanent corneal storage. Future advances will involve: decreasing this timedependent deterioration by improving current techniques of 4°C storage, and eliminating the deterioration by cryopreservation with a process called vitrification. [Refractive and Corneal Surgery 1991;7:60-61]
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