title: [Effect of postmortem duration on endothelial cell density in short-term culture with McCarey-Kaufman medium. An experimental study with Swine corneas].
abstract: It is recommended by the Eye Bank Association of American that the post-mortem time of donor tissue stored in intermediate storage should not exceed 6 h. In an experimental study we investigated the impact of post-mortem time on the storage of corneas kept in McCarey-Kaufman medium. Eyeballs of freshly slaughtered pigs were kept in moist chamber storage at 4 degrees C for 0, 6, 12, 24, and 48 h. Subsequently, corneal-scleral rims were dissected and stored in MK-Medium for 2 days at 4 degrees C. The corneas were stored in organ culture for another 2 days at 31 degrees C in MEM medium containing 10% fetal calf serum. A control group consisted of corneas that had been stored in organ culture for 2 days. Morphometric analysis revealed no significant changes in endothelial cell density compared to control corneas after up to 24 h of moist chamber storage prior to storage in MK medium. A significant decrease in endothelial cell density could only be detected in corneas that had been kept in moist chamber storage for 48 h before MK medium storage. We conclude that the recommendation that only donor corneas with short post-mortem times be used may exclude large amounts of potentially feasible tissue for penetrating keratoplasty.
authors: Universitäts-Augenklinik Hamburg.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hagenah
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Lenk
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Winter
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Draeger
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Böhnke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D003470:Culture Media; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000166:cytology*; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013552:Swine; D014021:Tissue Preservation
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; C015368:McCarey-Kaufman medium; D009930:Organic Chemicals
vernacular_title: Einfluss der Post-mortem-Zeit auf die Endothelzelldichte in der Kurzzeitkultur mit McCarey-Kaufman-Medium. Eine experimentelle Studie mit Schweinehornhäuten.