Study can help determine which diabetic individuals can donate corneas for keratoplasty
About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United States involve people with diabetes who donate their corneas after death.
The number of corneal transplants has grown over the last decade, but through continuous research, the medical community has learned that not all corneal tissue from diabetics may be suitable for the procedure, known as keratoplasty.
In a new study, supported by a five-year, $6.4 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, researchers from Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, aim to finally determine which diabetic individuals can successfully donate their corneas for keratoplasty (and which should not).
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CLEVELAND About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United States involve people with diabetes who donate their corneas after death.
The number of corneal transplants has grown over the last decade, but through continuous research, the medical community has learned that not all corneal tissue from diabetics may be suitable for the procedure, known as keratoplasty.
In a new study, supported by a five-year, $6.4 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, researchers from Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, aim to finally determine which diabetic individuals can successfully donate their corneas for keratoplasty (and which should not).