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ANDREW deROETTH, Jr., M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1950;44(5):659-665.

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SINCE preservation of the donor material is one of the most important problems facing the ophthalmologist who is actively engaged in doing corneal transplantations, several investigators¹ have studied the question from the clinical, histological and biochemical points of view. In a recent article, Duane² demonstrated that the oxygen uptake of the cornea remains normal for about seven days when the eye is stored in a moist chamber in the refrigerator. Preliminary experiments³ conducted in this laboratory showed that when the enucleated eyeball is stored in a moist chamber in the refrigerator, the procedure employed by Duane,² and also the method employed nowadays in most of the eye banks in this country, the cornea rapidly takes up water. Of course, the abnormal hydration will change the corneal architecture and will cause histological and biochemical changes. It is obvious that the excessive water which diffuses into the cornea . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Footnotes
This study was supported by the Knapp Memorial Foundation.

Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Medical Science, Columbia University.

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