purpose: optisol-gs is still the most popular cold storage medium used in the united states for short term preservation of donated corneas. cebi medium is a new cold storage medium made by the central eye bank of iran for donor cornea storage. this study was conducted to compare the quantitative and qualitative indices of the donated corneas maintained in optisol-gs versus in the cebi medium. m...

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...

Posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) is an extremely rare, bilateral, and inherited disorder, which affects the corneal endothelium and Descemet’s membrane. Few PPCD cases in Chinese patients have been published so far. As far as we know, there are few studies which focused on the associations between PPCD and high myopia either. Here we report a rare case of coexistence of posterior...