85,411
Number of corneas provided for transplant in 2018
68,102
U.S. donors of ocular tissue in 2018
95+%
Success rate of cornea transplants
$6.0B
Lifetime economic benefit of cornea transplants performed in 2018
“Knowing Maddie's giving spirit, I am sure she is smiling down on us every day because we allowed her to help someone else.”
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“Today, he isn’t scared to do any of the things he loves, like swimming and riding four-wheelers with his cousins or playing quarterback with his brothers during football.”
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The newest issue of the International Journal of Eye Banking is now available.
The featured article is, "The State of Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Tissue Processing: Current Practices and Challenges." It discusses DMEK processing, the differences that exist among eye banks, and how standardization would improve de-skilling procedures to meet the evolving needs in endothelial keratoplasty.
To read this and past issues, go to: eyebankingjournal.org/
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) have partnered to launch EyeFind, a new online tool
that will connect eye and vision researchers with eye banks to more efficiently obtain eye tissue that is critical for their research.
The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) has released its 2018 Eye Banking Statistical Report which includes data from all 57 U.S. and 11 international member eye bank reporting entities for the calendar year 2018.
Read MoreThe Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), a nonprofit member-based association dedicated to the restoration of sight worldwide, today launched its Ocular Network Exchange, also known as ONE, to help member eye banks provide higher quality ocular tissue to surgeons and to find the best possible use for donated corneas.
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