Publications by authors named "Mayana Lopes Freitas"
Purpose: To evaluate the quality of the corneas processed by Sorocaba Eye Bank (BOS) - SP and transplanted out of the Ophthalmology Hospital of Sorocaba (HOS), as well as the corneas that had re-entered in the BOS, being transplanted or not in the HOS, during the year of 2007.
Methods: Ophthalmologists that transplanted corneas processed by BOS outside of the Ophthalmology Hospital of Sorocaba were contacted, as well as those who had used re-entried corneas, to collect the following information: period from eye enucleation until transplant, transparency of the donated tissue, time of transplant and primary failure.
Results: During the year of 2007, Sorocaba Eye Bank distributed three hundred and ninety-two corneas for outside HOS.