title: [The Bratislava International Eye Bank--a member of the International Federation of Eye Banks].
abstract: The International Eye Bank in Bratislava has assembled during its two-year activities 1007 corneae with a 2mm scleral margin by excision performed in the donor in situ, 11 total eye-balls and 43 sclerae. From this total number 1331 eye tissues had to be eliminated because of serum positivity (115 HBsAg, 12 HCV, 2 HIV 1,2 + HCV + HBsAg, 2 HBsAg + HCV, 2 HIV 1.2 + HBsAg). The most frequent cause of death in donors of corneae were carcinomas, injuries and cerebro- and cardiovascular diseases. Corneal grafts are stored at a temperature of +2 degrees C to +6 degrees C in Optisol GS medium. The most frequent indication for keratoplasty in Slovakia was keratopathia bullosa (28.6%), keratoconus (23.9%) and leukoma corneae (18.7%).
authors.affiliation: Ocná klinika IVZ, Bratislava.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cernák
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gáliková
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005125:Eye Banks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018154:Slovakia; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Medzinárodná ocná banka Bratislava--clen Medzinárodnej federácie ocných bánk.