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Editorial

Letter from the Editor

Original Research

Impact of the Cornea Preservation Time Study on Donor Cornea Preservation Time and Surgeon Attitudes

Utilizing Study Results to Change Surgeons’ Standard of Practice: One Eye Bank’s Experience with CPTS Data

Pre-prepared Corneal Grafts for Facilitated Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) — Controlled and Standardized Manufacturing in the Eye Bank May Lead to Reduced re-DMEK Rates

Planning for the Next Generation of Eye Banking: A Focus on Mentoring

Proceedings

Utilizing Study Results to Change Surgeons’ Standard of Practice: One Eye Bank’s Experience with CPTS Data

Pre-prepared Corneal Grafts for Facilitated Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) — Controlled and Standardized Manufacturing in the Eye Bank May Lead to Reduced re-DMEK Rates

Planning for the Next Generation of Eye Banking: A Focus on Mentoring

Utilizing Study Results to Change Surgeons’ Standard of Practice: One Eye Bank’s Experience with CPTS Data

Authors

Donna Drury, MBA, CEBT, CTBS

Abstract

Maximizing donated ocular tissue while insuring the best transplantation
outcome for the patient is the goal for all eye banks.
Maximizing tissue placement is challenging for eye banks due to
the difficulties associated with controlling the number of qualified
ocular donors as compared to surgical schedules. Utilization
of corneas with extended preservation times of up to 11 days can
help eye banks maximize placement of locally recovered tissues.
Results from the Cornea Preservation Time Study (CPTS) released
in November 2017 suggest that utilization of corneas for
endothelial keratoplasty (EK) surgeries with preservation times
of up to 11 days does not compromise patient outcomes. This
study examines a method for implementing this data into the
routine practice of corneal transplant surgeons in a manner that
benefits the eye bank, donor families, surgeons and recipients.

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