costochondral and rib grafts have long been used for reconstruction of lost condyle. donor site morbidity has less been under investigation and researched. pleural disruption pneumothorax and ugly scars are among the donor site complications. this study aims to determine the rate of pleural disruption following costochondral graft harvesting from the 4th to the 7th ribs of right and left ribs f...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of Eusol-C as a corneal storage medium on the survival of donor endothelium. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-seven corneas not suitable for transplant were included in this study. All donor corneas were stored in Eusol-C at 4°C. Daily donor corneal endothelial cell counting was performed with an eye bank specular microscope. All corneas were discarded after th...

THE EXPANSION of modern keratoplasty has increased the demand for suitable donor eyes, but for obvious reasons supplies are limited. This shortage has stimulated research into the best methods of preserving and storing donor eyes in order to eliminate any preventable factors which may be responsible for loss or wastage of this precious material. Although it is not a universal practice, in this ...

A s s u r a n c e o f t h e q u a l i t y a n d s a f e t y o f corneas meant for transplantation is a key responsibility of eye banks. While donor testing and medical assessment mitigate the risk of disease transmission from donor to recipient, the quality of corneas is crucial to successful transplantation in terms of both graft survival and visual rehabilitation. With the development and inc...

the fabrication of a non-doped red organic light-emitting device (oled) has been developed using naturally occurring curcumin as an emissive layer of oled. in this research, the electroluminescent spectrum (el) of curcumin as a donor-acceptor-donor (d-a-d) chromophore was obtained at wavelength of 612 nm. also, the maximum external quantum efficiencies (eqe) for this device was measured and fou...

PURPOSE To describe endokeratophakia in which a small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) lenticule from a myopic patient is implanted into a recipient eye through a small incision to correct hyperopia. METHODS A 23-year-old aphakic woman presented following cataract surgery to remove a childhood congenital cataract with hyperopia of +12.00 -1.50 × 155, corrected distance visual acuity of c...