A review of long-term corneal preservation techniques: Relevance and renewed interests in the COVID-19 era

S Chaurasia, S Das, A Roy - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty is the predominant keratoplasty procedure in Germany since 2016: a report of the DOG-section cornea and its …

E Flockerzi, C Turner, B Seitz… - British Journal of …, 2024 - bjo.bmj.com
Background/aims This retrospective multicentric panel study provides absolute numbers,
types of and indications for corneal transplantation in Germany from 2011 to 2021 and sets …

Corneal blindness in Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify challenges and opportunities

TM Tran, H Duong, C Bonnet, A Kashanchi… - Cornea, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To describe the causes and prevalence of moderate-to-severe visual impairment
(MSVI) and blindness from corneal diseases, as well as corneal transplantation across Asia …

Corneal transplantation and eye banking practices during COVID-19-related lockdown period in India from a network of tertiary eye care centers

A Roy, S Das, S Chaurasia, M Fernandes… - Indian Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to discuss the guidelines and modification of
practices with respect to corneal transplantation and eye banking during the COVID-19 …

Corneal blindness and eye banking: Current strategies and best practices

V Anitha, R Tandon, SG Shah… - Indian Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Corneal blindness (CB) is one of the leading causes of blindness in India and globally,
affecting around 8 million population worldwide. Many of these corneal blind patients may …

Acute endophthalmitis after penetrating and endothelial keratoplasty at a tertiary eye care center over a 13-year period

S Das, M Ramappa, A Mohamed… - Indian Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To evaluate the clinico-microbiological profile, donor cornea risk factors, and
outcomes of postkeratoplasty endophthalmitis at a tertiary care center. Methods …

Impact of nationwide COVID-19 lockdown on keratoplasty and eye banking in India: A survey of cornea surgeons and eye banks

A Roy, S Chaurasia, M Fernandes… - Indian Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on
keratoplasty and Eye Banking in India. Methods: An e-mail survey was conducted among …

Donor demographics and factors affecting corneal utilisation in Eye Bank of North India

SK Arya, A Raj, J Deswal, P Kohli, R Rai - International Ophthalmology, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Nearly 6.8 million people in India have vision less than 6/60 in at least one eye
due to corneal diseases; of these, about a million had bilateral involvement. Purpose To …

Challenges in assessing COVID-19 vaccines safety signals—the case of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine and corneal graft rejection

C Bizimungu, M Sabbe, F Wuillaume, J Hamdani… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid and large-scale roll-out of new COVID-19 vaccines has led to unprecedented
challenges in assessing vaccine safety. In 2021, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) …

Overview of short-term and intermediate-term corneal storage solution: comparison of clinical outcomes and need for future research

A Roy, BH Jeng, S Chaurasia, S Das - Eye & Contact Lens, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Corneal donor tissue preservation techniques have incrementally improved since the
introduction of McCarey–Kaufman storage solution from short-term storage to intermediate …