[Corneal harvesting from donors over 85 years of age: cornea outcome after banking and grafting].

Purpose: To study the suitability of corneas from very old donors for graft after organ culture and their clinical and endothelial outcomes in recipients after perforating keratoplasty.

Methods: We stored 419 corneas at 31 degrees C for 13.1 +/- 4 days (mean +/- SD) and then divided them according to donor age: group 1, donors under 85 years of age (n=3 3 0, 79%, 16-84 years old), and group 2, donors over the age of 85 (n=8 9, 21%, 85-100 years old).