According to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the age of
the donor is not a factor in most corneal transplants.
The Cornea Donor Study, funded by NIH’s National Eye Institute (NEI), success rates
were slightly higher for donors under 34 and somewhat lower for donors over 71.
In the United States, three-fourths of cornea donors are within this age range,
and one-third of donors are at the upper end of the range, from 61-70 years
old.
The results were published online in
Ophthalmology, the journal of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), on November 15, 2013 and presented the same
day at a joint meeting of the Eye Bank
Association of America and the Cornea Society in New Orleans.
A corneal transplant is performed when
decreased vision or discomfort from corneal damage cannot be corrected with
lenses or medication. It involves removing a portion of the damaged cornea and
grafting corneal tissue from a deceased donor in its place.
To know more about the study you can read the original
article published here.
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