Operating Room Waste Generated From Corneal and Conjunctival Surgeries.

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to bring awareness to the surgical waste generated from corneal and conjunctival surgeries and to compare those findings with the waste generated from cataract surgeries.

Methods: This was an observational prospective pilot cohort study at a tertiary corneal/anterior segment private practice. All waste related to cataract, cornea, and conjunctival surgical procedures (including anesthesia waste and corneal tissue storage) was weighed.

The effect of ABO blood incompatibility on corneal transplant failure in conditions with low-risk of graft rejection.

Purpose: To determine whether corneal graft survival over a 5-year follow-up period was affected by ABO blood type compatibility in participants in the Cornea Donor Study undergoing corneal transplantation principally for Fuchs dystrophy or pseudophakic corneal edema, conditions at low-risk for graft rejection.

Design: Multi-center prospective, double-masked, clinical trial.

Methods: ABO blood group compatibility was determined for 1,002 donors and recipients.