Live Donation of Corneal Tissue in the Setting of Orbital Exenteration for Malignancy.
Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: The availability of corneal tissue is a major limiting factor in utilizing keratoplasty for correction of corneal blindness. Viable corneal tissue is typically difficult to obtain as posthumous donation is required to avoid significant morbidity and loss of vision in live patients. As a result, the possibility of obtaining viable corneal tissue from a living donor is rarely discussed. This report describes a case in which corneal donation was completed in a living patient undergoing exenteration for invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillary sinus. Performing corneal donation in similar patients in the future should be considered by head and neck surgeons as an opportunity to increase the availability of corneal tissue.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: Fereshteh Azad, Jonathan Schiff, Rachel Macias, Thomas O'Toole, Veronique Wan Fook Cheung
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4288064273