Analysis of Donors Through the Central Eye Bank.
- Author:
Seung Lyung UHM
1
;
Sung Kun CHUNG
;
Yoon Won MYONG
;
Sang Wooik RHEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Central Eye Bank;
Donor eye
- MeSH:
Cause of Death;
Charities;
Eye Banks*;
Female;
Humans;
Tissue Donors*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1991;32(7):594-603
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authors analyzed 1867 donor eyes which were obtained from Central Eye Bank at St Mary's Hospital from Jan. 1977 to Aug. 1990. 1. 658 donors(68.7%) were female and 539(56.4%) were above 60 years of age. 2. The most common cause of death was circulatory disease(29.4%), followed by respiratory disease(20.4%) and tumor(13.7%) 3. In death to enucleation time, sixty-eight percent were below 6 hours and twelve percent were between 6 and 12 hours. 4. The most common source of donation was KOT DONG NAE(57.8%), followed by a charity institute(35.4%) and register(4.7%). 5. 982 eyes were used for research; of those, 520 eyes (52.9%) were used for research because of the cause of death.
