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Exclusion criteria for corneal donor grafts of the Eye Bank of Rhineland-Palatinate Mainz, assessed after explantation.
| ECD < 1500 mm2; ECD < 2000 mm2 (as optic grafts) and/or corneal culture overdue (storage over 34 days); Positive serology in the last blood sample; Microbial contamination; Corneal morphology e.g., scars, opacities; Damage of the DSAEK preparation. |
ECD: Endothelial cell density, DSAEK: Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty.
