In situ cornea harvesting through the Red Cross Organization: a new approach to relieving severe cornea donor shortage in Chinese eye banks
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Wei-Yun Shi. Shandong Eye Hospital, 372 Jingsi Road, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China. weiyunshi@163.com

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81500702, No.81530027); the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No.2016GSF201216); the Taishan Scholar Program (No.spd20150215, No.20161059); the Innovation Project of Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences.

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    Corneal diseases are currently the second main cause of blindness in China. Although most of the corneal blindness could be treated by corneal transplantation, only about 10 000 operations were carried out each year owing to the severe shortage of corneal donors and limited eye bank programs. A feasible cornea donation program was established through the organization of the Red Cross, and in situ corneal removal techniques were developed to avoid conflicts with Chinese traditions of keeping the deceased intact. The number of donated corneas, which had a safe and secure quality, increased significantly year by year.

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Su-Xia Li, Fu-Hua Wang, Ting Wang, et al. In situ cornea harvesting through the Red Cross Organization: a new approach to relieving severe cornea donor shortage in Chinese eye banks. Int J Ophthalmol, 2017,10(10):1611-1613

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  • Received:March 28,2017
  • Revised:July 10,2017
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  • Online: September 30,2017
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