INVITRO SPECULAR MICROSCOPE PERFUSION OF M-K-STORED AND MOIST CHAMBER-STORED HUMAN CORNEAS

1 January 1977

journal article
research article

Vol. 16 (8) , 743-751

Abstract

Human donor corneas were stored in McCarey-Kaufman (M-K) medium for 3-6 days; they were then mounted in the specular microscope, and the endothelial surface perfused with a glutathione-bicarbonate-Ringer solution. During storage, the corneal thickness increased 37% above an assumed normal of 0.520 mm. The corneas did not have sufficient active thinning to be accepted as viable when tested by the temperature-reversal phenomenon. Since comparable donor corneas were used in successful penetrating keratoplasties, there must be a discrepancy between the cell viability as tested by the temperature-reversal phenomenon and clinical application.

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DEXTRAN UPTAKE INTO, AND LOSS FROM, CORNEAS STORED IN INTERMEDIATE-TERM PRESERVATIVE
1976