[Analysis of the transplanted corneas at Santa Casa de São Paulo Eye Bank].

Purpose: To identify the donors' profile and evaluate the factors influencing the quality of the donated corneas in Santa Casa Eye Bank, from July, 2000 to January, 2004.

Methods: Data from the charts of 151 patients submitted to penetrating keratoplasty, registered in Santa Casa Eye Bank, from July, 2000 to January 2004 resulted in 180 surgeries.

Results: Mean age of the donors was 57.

[Trends in the indications for penetrating keratoplasty].

Purpose: To identify the indications for penetrating keratoplasty at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Santa Casa of São Paulo from January 1996 to December 2005 and to compare them with those from January 1991 to December 1995.

Methods: Charts of patients who had undergone penetrating keratoplasty from January 1996 to December 2006 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: There were 587 keratoplasties done in this period.