Presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in human corneal tissues donated in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjophth-2022-000990
Abstract: Objective To analyse corneal tissues from asymptomatic donors with a postmortem nasopharyngeal swab tested positive for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA, and therefore, understand the role that corneal transplantation may have in viral transmission. Methods… read more here.
Keywords: presence sars; corneal tissues; cov rna; sars cov ... See more keywords
Use of cryopreserved donor corneal tissues first time in India for therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty during COVID-19 pandemic – A case series
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_627_21
Abstract: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused restricted eye retrieval leading to acute scarcity of donor corneas. Nine patients with perforated corneas needed urgent donor tissues where we used 10 cryopreserved corneal tissues for therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty… read more here.
Keywords: use cryopreserved; corneal tissues; penetrating keratoplasty; therapeutic penetrating ... See more keywords