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UK corneal surgeons’ attitudes towards splitting donor corneas between multiple recipients

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Keratoplasty is one of the most widely performed and highly effective transplant procedures worldwide [ 1 ]. Unfortunately, this procedure is met by a longstanding scarcity of donor corneas with an estimated deficit of 1500 per year even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic [ 2 ]. In October 2017, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) noted that the supplies in its eye banks were deficient by 21% compared to the required level [ 3 ]. Two years later, the situation had not shown any improvement [ 4 ]. The Covid-19 pandemic has only worsened this deficit with many patients, at the time of writing, waiting more than 18 months for elective transplants on the NHS [ 5 ].

Source: Eye

DOI: 10.1038/s41433-024-03556-6