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Background/aims: To evaluate the utility rate, indication, outcome, and cost of refrigeration and glycerol cryopreservation for storing anterior corneal buttons during endothelial keratoplasty for subsequent use in tectonic lamellar patch grafting.
Method: Anterior corneal buttons collected after precutting or prestripping during endothelial keratoplasty from January 2014 to December 2019 were preserved using the following protocol: (1) refrigeration for up to 4 weeks at 4° in Optisol-GS and (2) glycerol cryopreservation for up to 2 years. The utility rate, outcome and cost of these cryopreserved anterior corneal buttons were retrospectively examined.
Results: During the 6-year study period, 26 anterior corneal buttons were refrigerated and 49 were cryopreserved for extended use. The utility rates for the refrigerated and cryopreserved anterior corneal buttons were 69.2% and 73.5%, respectively. Their average preservation periods were 0.53±0.05 and 12.76±0.94 months, respectively. Noninfection-related perforation was the leading indication for using the extendedly preserved anterior corneal buttons. The average postoperative follow-up periods were 10.03±2.91 and 14.35±2.17 months for refrigerated and cryopreserved anterior corneal buttons. Secondary keratoplasty was required by 7 of 18 (38.9%) and 6 of 36 (16.7%) patients receiving refrigerated and cryopreserved anterior corneal buttons, respectively. None of our patients developed graft infection from donor tissues.
Conclusion: Cryopreservation can safely extend the utility of anterior corneal buttons. This method not only reduced the wastage of the limited donor tissue but also was cost-effective.
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