The Effects of Donor-Recipient Age and Sex Compatibility in the Outcomes of Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasties

The Effects of Donor-Recipient Age and Sex Compatibility in the Outcomes of Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasties

PurposeCorneal transplantations are the commonest allogenic transplant surgeries performed worldwide. Transplantable grade donor cornea is a finite resource. There is thus an impetus for eye banks to optimize the use of each harvested cornea, and clinicians to minimize the risks of graft rejection a...

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Main Authors: Hon Shing Ong, Nathalie Chiam, Hla Myint Htoon, Ashish Kumar, Anshu Arundhati, Jodhbir S. Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
corneal transplantation
keratoplasty
eye banking
anterior lamellar keratoplasty
HLA compatibility
graft rejection
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.801472/full

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