Table 15.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria of subjects for a clinical trial in corneal xenotransplantation.
| Inclusion criteria |
|---|
| • ≥ 19 years old |
| • Corneal opacity |
| • Legal blindness (best corrected visual acuity ≤ 20/200 in the better eye)a |
| • Best corrected vision of the operating eye ≤ 20/1000. |
| • Corneal impairment that cannot be cured with any other method except corneal transplantation. |
| Exclusion criteria |
| • A keratoconus |
| • Emergency surgical case such as impending perforation or perforation |
| • Endothelial dysfunction without corneal opacity (e.g. Fuchs' Dystrophy) |
| • Pregnant women, wish to fall pregnant in the future, breast-feeding a baby |
| • A mentally ill incapacitated or a non-compliance |
| • Chronic alcoholism, Cardiac disease, CVA, Liver disease, History of malignancy, COPD |
| • Hypersensitivity to medication which will be used after transplantation |
Abbreviations: COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CVA: cerebrovascular accident.
a
Legal blindness is defined by American Medical Association and the United States Congress.