TY - JOUR
T1 - Penetrating keratoplasty using mccarey-kaufman preserved corneal tissue
AU - Mascarella, K.
AU - Cavanagh, Harrison D
PY - 1979/10
Y1 - 1979/10
N2 - Two hundred consecutive penetrating keratoplasties, using suitable donor corneas stored in modified tissue culture medium (M-K medium), were performed by a single surgeon over a 21-month period. Two hundred consecutive cultures of the donor corneoscleral rims for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and fungi, done immediately after surgery, yielded 25 positive cultures for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and three for fungi. No clinical infections nor primary donor failures were encountered with patients after one to 21 months of follow-up. Preservation of excised corneas by trained technicians, under rigidly sterile, laminar-flow, tissue culture conditions appears to be a convenient, safe, and effective method of corneal preservation which permits elective keratoplasty.
AB - Two hundred consecutive penetrating keratoplasties, using suitable donor corneas stored in modified tissue culture medium (M-K medium), were performed by a single surgeon over a 21-month period. Two hundred consecutive cultures of the donor corneoscleral rims for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and fungi, done immediately after surgery, yielded 25 positive cultures for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and three for fungi. No clinical infections nor primary donor failures were encountered with patients after one to 21 months of follow-up. Preservation of excised corneas by trained technicians, under rigidly sterile, laminar-flow, tissue culture conditions appears to be a convenient, safe, and effective method of corneal preservation which permits elective keratoplasty.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-197910000-00016
DO - 10.1097/00007611-197910000-00016
M3 - Article
C2 - 384538
AN - SCOPUS:0018668915
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 72
SP - 1268
EP - 1271
JO - Southern medical journal
JF - Southern medical journal
IS - 10
ER -