Medical and economic impacts of managing corneas from older donors at the tissue bank—a single-center retrospective study spanning over 12 years
Using corneas from donors over 80 years of age can help alleviate the shortage of donor tissue and be effective if certain quality standards are met. However, additional costs incurred by eye banks must be factored into this equation.
Authors
- Anne‐Sophie Hatzfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3312-4312)
- Mélanie Dhayer
- Nicolas Germain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0867-3245)
- Philippe Marchetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4663-6800)
- Patrice Maboudou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3578-7830)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Lille (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1415515
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.40
Funders
- Centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Lille