A SIMPLE APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED RATE CORNEAL FREEZING
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 55 (1) , 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1977.tb06090.x
Abstract
The construction and operation of an apparatus for controlled rate corneal freezing was described. The cooling was obtained by close thermal contact between a vial holding the [human] cornea and a metal core. A predetermined cooling rate was achieved by partial immersion of the core in a fixed amount of liquid N2. In a preliminary series .gtoreq. 95% endothelial survival was obtained.Keywords
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