Analysis of Donors Through the Central Eye Bank.

Uhm, Seung Lyung; Chung, Sung Kun; Myong, Yoon Won; Rhee, Sang Wooik

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(7):594-603.
Published online July 1, 1991.

Analysis of Donors Through the Central Eye Bank.

Seung Lyung Uhm, Sung Kun Chung, Yoon Won Myong, Sang Wooik Rhee

Department of Ophthalmology, St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

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엄승룡(Seung Lyung Uhm),정성근(Sung Kun Chung),명윤원(Yoon Won Myong),이상욱(Sang Wook Rhee)

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.

Key Words: Central Eye Bank;Donor eye