Tissue Banking

Donated Corneas Can Safely Be Preserved Longer Than One Month

Published in Blood Weekly, October 16th, 1995

Corneas that have been stored in organ culture can be safely preserved up to 48 days, and such corneas can be transplanted in both elective and emergency procedures, according to Swiss researchers.

In several eye banks in Europe the preservation of donor corneas in organ culture at 37(degree)C is a commonly accepted method, noted Beatrice E. Frueh, M.D., and Matthias Bohnke, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland ("Corneal Grafting of Donor Tissue Preserved for Longer than 4 Weeks in Organ-Culture Medium," Cornea, 1995;14(5):462-466).

Longer viability of the corneal endothelium is the number one advantage of...

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