title: A simple punching device for use in penetrating keratoplasty.
abstract: A method of supporting donor cornea for trephination is described. On a base of heated and then cooled paraffin, a series of small indentations are made with a sterile acrylic ball, 15 mm in diameter, about one third of its volume deep. The donor cornea is then placed in one of the indentations for trephination.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urrets-Zavalía
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010232:Paraffin; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D010232:Paraffin