Impact of pandemic COVID-19 lockdown on penetrating keratoplasty patients.

Purpose: To study the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the regular follow-up of keratoplasty patients.

Methods: This retrospective interventional case series included 30 patients who had immunological corneal endothelial rejection out of 190 patients who came for post-PKP follow-up between September 15, 2019, and September 30, 2020. The demographics, primary diagnosis, surgical technique, time of presentation, recovery of graft, associated ocular problems, and visual acuity at 1 month were analyzed.

Procurement, storage and utilization trends of eye banks in India.

Purpose: To study the trends in collection, storage and utilization of donor corneas in eye banks in India.

Methods: The data was collected from 12 eye banks in India that collected more than 1000 corneas per year. The retrospective analysis of the parameters like characteristics of the donor and the host, storage media used, number of eyes collected, number of eyes utilized, causes of non-utilization of the tissue and the procedures performed was done.