Results 261 to 270 of about 1,749,298 (295)

Eye Banking: What the Eye Bank Can Do for You Now

2014
Corneal surgeons cannot operate without their local eye banks, and eye banks would not exist without corneal surgeons. They both have the same purpose: to provide safe and effective tissue for patients in order to restore vision and eliminate corneal blindness.
Marian S. Macsai, Cynthia R. Reed, Ashiyana Nariani   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Reports of Post-keratoplasty Infections for Eye Bank-prepared and Non–Eye Bank-prepared Corneas: 12 Years of Data From a Single Eye Bank

Cornea, 2018
Purpose: To examine postoperative reports of infection rates for eye bank-prepared and non–eye bank-prepared corneas from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2017, from a single eye bank. Method: A retrospective review of reported fungal and bacterial infections with corneal transplant ...
Christopher G. Stoeger, Mark A. Terry, Khoa D. Tran, Kristin J. Mathes, Zachary M. Mayko, Michael D. Straiko   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Eye of a human hurricane: Pea Island, Oregon Inlet, and Bodie Island, northern Outer Banks, North Carolina

, 2009
Pea Island, Oregon Inlet, and Bodie Island, North Carolina, are severely humanmodifi ed barrier-island segments that are central to an age-old controversy pitting natural barrier-island dynamics against the economic development of coastal North Carolina.
S. Riggs, D. Ames, S. Culver, D. Mallinson, D. Corbett, J. Walsh   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Artificial Cornea and the Future of Eye Banking

Cell and Tissue Banking, 2000
A report on the construction of functional human corneal equivalent reflects a step towards creation of an artificial cornea. We discuss the current status of supply and demand for corneas for transplanation, and wonder if the creation of an artificial cornea will have an effect on corneal transplantation in the near ...
openaire   +3 more sources

A portable device for measuring donor corneal transparency in eye banks

Cell and Tissue Banking, 2014
Mohit Parekh, S. Ferrari, A. Ruzza, Mariarosaria Pugliese, D. Ponzin, G. Salvalaio   +5 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Eye banking: The business of restoring sight

Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, 1999
This continuing education article provides an overview of how an eye bank operates, offers general criteria about who can be a donor, and introduces the process by which eye donation takes place. In presenting this information, we hope to bring honor to the memory of all eye donors and thank them, their loved ones and families for this truly ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Frequency of Toxoplasma gondii in the retina in eye banks in Brazil

Parasitology Research, 2017
Deise F Costa, H. Nascimento, Aline Sutili, F. A. J. Nóbrega, Flávio Fowler, M. Nóbrega, Cristina Garrido, Janaina Oliveira Dias, C. Adán, L. Rizzo, C. Silveira, R. Belfort, A. Commodaro   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Is This the Future of Eye Banking?

Cornea, 2018
Joel Sugar, Mark J. Mannis
openaire   +3 more sources

Inherent errors of the fixed-frame counting method for corneal endothelial cell density in eye banks

Cell and Tissue Banking, 2014
N. Campolmi, S. Acquart, Zhiguo He, Y. Gavet, R. Jullienne, N. Naigeon, A. Bernard, Fabien Forest, M. Péoc'h, G. Thuret, P. Gain   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

International Eye Banking and The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA)

Journal of Refractive Surgery, 1991
Mark J. Mannis, Paul J. Dubord
openaire   +2 more sources