In situ cornea harvesting through the Red Cross Organization: a new approach to relieving severe cornea donor shortage in Chinese eye banks

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-10-20
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CornealdiseasesarecurrentlythesecondmaincauseofblindnessinChina.Althoughmostofthecornealblindnesscouldbetreatedbycornealtransplantation,onlyabout10000operationswerecarriedouteachyearowingtothesevereshortageofcornealdonorsandlimitedeyebankprograms.AfeasiblecorneadonationprogramwasestablishedthroughtheorganizationoftheRedCross,andinsitucornealremovaltechniquesweredevelopedtoavoidconflictswithChinesetraditionsofkeepingthedeceasedintact.Thenumberofdonatedcorneas,whichhadasafeandsecurequality,increasedsignificantlyyearbyyear.