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Donating Corneas
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Emma Hart and Alyssa Novelli
About Corneas
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• corneas are in your eyes • the functions are to bend light rays that go into the eyes • cornea lense does fine tuning to vision • 1/2 millimeter thick • contains 5 layers (epithelium, Bowman’s membrane, stroma, bescemets membrane, and endothelium)
Transplants • 40,000 corneal transplants each year • 93% of corneas function after 1 year of transplant • 72% function after 5 years • no risk of death can occur • loss of vision/ whole eye may occur • irregular pupil
Waiting list • no one can die while waiting for corneas • can lose vision • 1-3 month waiting period for corneas • 20,000 wait for cornea transplants • only 500 can be helped • The procedure is estimated to take 1 hour
Donating Cornea’s • Anyone between the ages of 6 to 70 who died of a unatural cause like car crashes or gun shot wounds or natural causes like heartattack or strokes can donate their corneas. People who have received previous laser surgery or infections such as HIV, TB and Leukemia unfortunantly can not donate their corneas.
Medical Conditions • Adults, children and some babies need transplants for various reasons. When a person has a cornea disease, when the cornea becomes cone-shaped or they have scarring after infection or injury you can be put on a waiting list for a cornea transplant. There are no medical conditions that would restrict someone from receicving a
Restrictions • The restrctions on lifestyles after surgery are not too major. Not wearing contact lenses for the first few weeks after the surgery is the only major restrctions on someones lifestyle. Also, for the first six weeks people must avoid heavy exercise.
Cornea Transplant Expenses • For someone to donate their cornea the cost is around $2,800 and for someone to receive a cornea the cost is around $7,000 QuickTimeª and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.
Hospitals • Most hospitals do the procedure of transplanting corneas, but the Hopsital of California and Hospital of Ohio are two main hospitals known for transplanting corneas.
Post Operative Therapy • For the donor there is no post operative therapy because the donor must be dead to donate their corneas. For the recipient they must get some bed rest the nights leading up to their surgery. There is no major therapy that must be done. QuickTimeª and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.
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Works Cited • • • •
http://www.opt.indiana.edu/lowther/html/keratoconu http://www.cnib.ca/en/support/gift-sight/default.aspx http://healthgrades.com/procedures/profile/cornea_ http://www.yorku.ca/eye/corneafn.htm
QuickTimeª and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.
Emma Hart and Alyssa Novelli
About Corneas
QuickTimeª and a decompressor are needed to see this pic
• corneas are in your eyes • the functions are to bend light rays that go into the eyes • cornea lense does fine tuning to vision • 1/2 millimeter thick • contains 5 layers (epithelium, Bowman’s membrane, stroma, bescemets membrane, and endothelium)
Transplants • 40,000 corneal transplants each year • 93% of corneas function after 1 year of transplant • 72% function after 5 years • no risk of death can occur • loss of vision/ whole eye may occur • irregular pupil
Waiting list • no one can die while waiting for corneas • can lose vision • 1-3 month waiting period for corneas • 20,000 wait for cornea transplants • only 500 can be helped • The procedure is estimated to take 1 hour
Donating Cornea’s • Anyone between the ages of 6 to 70 who died of a unatural cause like car crashes or gun shot wounds or natural causes like heartattack or strokes can donate their corneas. People who have received previous laser surgery or infections such as HIV, TB and Leukemia unfortunantly can not donate their corneas.
Medical Conditions • Adults, children and some babies need transplants for various reasons. When a person has a cornea disease, when the cornea becomes cone-shaped or they have scarring after infection or injury you can be put on a waiting list for a cornea transplant. There are no medical conditions that would restrict someone from receicving a
Restrictions • The restrctions on lifestyles after surgery are not too major. Not wearing contact lenses for the first few weeks after the surgery is the only major restrctions on someones lifestyle. Also, for the first six weeks people must avoid heavy exercise.
Cornea Transplant Expenses • For someone to donate their cornea the cost is around $2,800 and for someone to receive a cornea the cost is around $7,000 QuickTimeª and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.
Hospitals • Most hospitals do the procedure of transplanting corneas, but the Hopsital of California and Hospital of Ohio are two main hospitals known for transplanting corneas.
Post Operative Therapy • For the donor there is no post operative therapy because the donor must be dead to donate their corneas. For the recipient they must get some bed rest the nights leading up to their surgery. There is no major therapy that must be done. QuickTimeª and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.
QuickTimeª and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.
Works Cited • • • •
http://www.opt.indiana.edu/lowther/html/keratoconu http://www.cnib.ca/en/support/gift-sight/default.aspx http://healthgrades.com/procedures/profile/cornea_ http://www.yorku.ca/eye/corneafn.htm
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