Eye donation

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1. Eye donation Presented by Komal sharma M-optom

2. Visibility towards things is the precious gift given by god to us, To lighten and brighten up the blind world We should donate that gift to the needed one 👀

3. What does eye donation means? Eye donation is considered one of the most noble acts of humanity by helping to provide vision to the blind. The whole eye is not used for the transplant. Only a thin transparent layer called CORNEA is used.

4. Cornea Clear transparent tissue Cover’s the front part of an eye If cornea becomes cloudy, vision is dramatically reduced or lost.

5. Injuries Malnutrition Infection Chemical burns Cogenital disorders Post Operative complications Main causes of corneal blindness

6. Incidence and prevalance of global blindness VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (Blindness + low vision =314 million) Female to male blindness ratio varies = 1.5 to 2.2:1 Corneal blindness = 4.6 million

7. Corneal transplantation or corneal grafting It’s a surgical process where a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by donated corneal tissue(the graft). The first corneal transplant took place in 1905 by edurich

8. Penetrating keratoplasty Full thickness of cornea is replaced. Lamellar keratoplasty Partial thickness Layer of stroma are replaced. Types of corneal transplantation Optically Therapeutic Structural Cosmetic INDICATION Contraindication DRY EYE. MARKED CORNEAL STROMAL VASCULARIZATION. ABSENCE OF CORNEAL SENSATION. DISEASE OF POSTERIOR SEGMENT OF EYE. ABNORMALITIES OF LIDS.

9. ? Facts about eye donation

10. Eyes can be donated only after death. Eyes must be removed within 4-6hours after death. The eyebank team will visit the home of the deceased or the hospital to remove the eyes. Eye removal doesnot delay the funeral since the entire procedure takes 5 to 10 mins only. A small quantity of blood will be drown to rule out communicable disease. Eye retrieval doesnot cause disfigurement. Religions are not for eye donation. The identities of both donar and the recipient are kept confidiential.

11. Eye donation procedures include Relative of the deceassed Eye bank team Preservation criteria Registered medical practioner

12. Objective of eye bank Collection of donar’s eye. Preservation of donar’s cornea. Distribution of highest quality of donar’s tissue for cornea transplantation. Promotion,awareness about eye donation from potential donars.

13. What role is played by eyebank team? Eye bank Collect Store Availability

14. Equipments for an eye bank COMPULSORY DESIRABLE Refrigerator with temperature recording device(4degC) Incubator Operation theatre Specular microscope Slit lamp Ice machine Sterlization facilities Microbiology facilities Enucleation and corneal excision instruments Centrifuge

15. Who can donate eyes? Any age Any group Any sex Person without communicable disease

16. How soon after donation must a cornea be transplanted? Cornea transplant usually performed within 4 days after transplantation. Depending upon the method of corneal preservation.

17. Contraindications for collection of donor eyes

18. SYSTEMIC CAUSE OCULAR CAUSE AIDS Corneal opacities Dystrophies Hepatitis B Retinoblastoma Melignant melanoma Rabies Active inflammatory disease Conjuctivitis Iridocyclitis Endophthalmitis Poison Cogenital abnormalities Keratoconus keratoglobus Severe burn Prior refractive procedures Radial keratotomy Laser photoblation Malignancy leukaemia lymphoma Anterior segment surgical procedures Cataract Glaucoma

19. From the news section: 50./. Donated eyes going to waste(health ministry) From newdelhi: Donated eye=51,384 in year 2013-14 From those 22,384( used for transplant) data from aiims showed that: No of eye donation increased from 680 in 2009 to 1,321 in 2013. proportion of unused eye increased from 185 to 400 in same period.

20. STATEMENTS SAID BY OPHTHALMOLOGIST Dr.amit singhal : consultant at city based sharp sight group of eye hospital. “USUALLY WHEN THE EYES ARE DONATED THEY EITHER GET INFECTED WITH DISEASES OR ARE NOT STORED IN THE EYE BANKS ON TIME. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT WINDOW LAPSES AS EYES FROM A DEAD PERSON HAVE TO BE RETRIEVED WITHIN SIX HOURS AFTER DEATH”. DR SAMIR SAHU : SAID THAT: “ in our country we need to encourage visually impaired (if they are not corneal blind ) to come forward for eye donations and dispel a common myth that a blind person cannot donate his eyes”.

21. Eye never die Donate eye Leave your “I” when you live And leave your “Eye” when you leave .

22. Thankyou