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Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programme in a startup eye bank – A retrospective analysis and lessons learned

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
Purpose: This study aimed to share our experience in the hospital cornea retrieval program as a new eye bank. Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted in a tertiary care institute from August 26, 2019 to March 22, 2020.
Himanshi Aggarwal, Neeti Gupta, Prashant Garg, Manisha Sharma, Sanjeev Mittal, Ravi Kant   +5 more
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Risk of SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission from donor corneal tissue: A review

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
Since the outbreak of respiratory coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, there is an ongoing discussion about whether the virus could be transmitted through corneal transplantation from donor to recipient.
Anna K Salz, Manisha Acharya, Nicola Hofmann, Ilka Wittmershaus, Virender Sangwan, Martin Börgel, Umang Mathur   +6 more
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A review of long-term corneal preservation techniques: Relevance and renewed interests in the COVID-19 era

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
The growth of eye banking in India was showing positive trends until the nation was hit by unprecedented times as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of this has led to a downward spiraling in eye banking activities globally.
Sunita Chaurasia, Sujata Das, Aravind Roy   +2 more
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Safety and efficacy of corneal tissue harvested from organophosphorous deceased patients

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
Purpose: To analyze the quality of tissues and outcome of corneal transplants from tissues harvested from the donors of organophosphorus poisoning victims.
Swapna Sarangi, Srikant K Sahu, Smruti R Priyadarshini, Sujata Das   +3 more
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Corneal blindness and current major treatment concern-graft scarcity [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
According to World Health Organization, the global prevalence of blindness in 2010 was 39 million people, among which 4% were due to corneal opacities.
Kah Hie Wong, Ka Wai Kam, Li Jia Chen, Alvin L. Young   +3 more
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COVID-19 positivity rate in corneal tissue donors – A cause for concern!

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
Purpose: To determine the postmortem positivity for COVID-19 among voluntary eye donors who had been certified to have died of non-COVID-19 causes.
Sharon D'Souza, Rohit Shetty, Gairik Kundu, Namrata Sharma, Radhika Tandon, Himanshu Matalia, Bhavya Gorimanipalli, Chaitra Jayadev   +7 more
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The Effects of Donor-Recipient Age and Sex Compatibility in the Outcomes of Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasties

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
PurposeCorneal transplantations are the commonest allogenic transplant surgeries performed worldwide. Transplantable grade donor cornea is a finite resource.
Hon Shing Ong, Hon Shing Ong, Hon Shing Ong, Nathalie Chiam, Hla Myint Htoon, Hla Myint Htoon, Ashish Kumar, Anshu Arundhati, Anshu Arundhati, Jodhbir S. Mehta, Jodhbir S. Mehta, Jodhbir S. Mehta, Jodhbir S. Mehta   +12 more
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RT-PCR Testing of Organ Culture Medium for Corneal Storage Fails to Detect SARS-CoV-2 Infection Due to Lack of Viral Replication

Pathogens, 2022
Concerns of possible transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from donors to patients by corneal transplantation have caused a decline in corneal transplantations.
Lisa Müller, Philipp Niklas Ostermann, Heiner Schaal, Sabine Salla, Jörg Timm, Gerd Geerling, Johannes Menzel-Severing   +6 more
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GazeTouchPass: Multimodal Authentication Using Gaze and Touch on Mobile Devices [PDF]

, 2016
We propose a multimodal scheme, GazeTouchPass, that combines gaze and touch for shoulder-surfing resistant user authentication on mobile devices. GazeTouchPass allows passwords with multiple switches between input modalities during authentication.
Alt, Florian, Bulling, Andreas, Hasholzner, Regina, Hassib, Mariam, Khamis, Mohamed, von Zezschwitz, Emanuel   +5 more
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Renminbi Internationalisation: Precedents and Implications [PDF]

, 2013
While it is commonly assumed that there are no known precedents against which to benchmark the internationalisation of the Renminbi (RMB), this paper argues that the PRCs own development experience provides a useful perspective on the ...
Berglof E., Bloomfield A. I., Catron G., Chou C. H., Clauson G. L. M., Damian Tobin, Diamond J., Donnithorne A., Gerschenkron A., Goodstadt L. F., Hsu R. C., Kambara T., Kueh Y. Y., Lardy N. R., Mullineux A., Reardon L. C., Schenk C., Solinger D. J., Sung Y. W.   +18 more
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