Endothelial assessment of donated tectonic corneas: a viable option for posterior lamellar transplantation

Rafaella Nascimento e Silva^1,2; Lycia Maria Martins Pinho Pedral Sampaio¹; Aline Silveira Moriyama^1,3; Nicolas Cesário Pereira^1,3; Mark Lane⁴; Hudson Vergennes da Silva¹; Adriana dos Santos Forseto^1,5

DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.20180021

1. Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Banco de Olhos de Sorocaba (BOS Group), Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
2. Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA
3. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
4. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
5. Eye Clinic Day Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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Rafaella Nascimento e Silva
Rua Katia Manfroi, 116
Juiz de Fora, MG – 36026-560 - Brazil
E-mail: [email protected]

Funding: No specific financial support was available for this study. This study was supported by.

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest: ML was supported by a joint award from the Birdshot Uveitis Society/Fight for Sight (24BU151). The others authors do not have any potential conflict of interest to disclose.

Approved by the following research ethics committee: Plataforma Brasil/ Comitê de ética em pesquisa do Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba (CAAE 30275714.3.0000.0088.)

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Silva^{1 RNe, 2} , Sampaio LMMPP, Moriyama^{1 AS, 3} , Pereira^{1 NC, et al. Avaliação da viabilidade do uso de córneas tectônicas em transplantes lamelares posteriores a partir da análise da vitalidade das células endoteliais. Arq. Bras. Oftalmol. 2018;81(2):. 10.5935/0004-2749.20180021}

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