Eye Banking
摘要
In the past, the role of eye banksEye bank was limited to collection and preservation of corneal tissues prior to transplantationTransplantation. In the last decades, continuous improvements of preservation techniquesTechnique and new approaches of tissue analysis in eye banksEye bank extended storage time and provided better tissue quality. Moreover, an increasing number of keratoplastyKeratoplasty techniquesTechnique is challenging eye banksEye bank to develop new selection and preparation methods. This chapter gives a comprehensive overview of present and future aspects of eyeEye banking.