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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
1. VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (BLINDNESS + LOW VISION =314 MILLION)
2. FEMALE TO MALE BLINDNESS RATIO VARIES = 1.5 TO 2.2:1
3. 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
Contraindication1. DRY EYE.
2. MARKED CORNEAL STROMAL VASCULARIZATION.
3. ABSENCE OF CORNEAL SENSATION.
4. DISEASE OF POSTERIOR SEGMENT OF EYE.
5. 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
deceas
sed
Eye
bank
team
Preserv
ation
criteria
Registe
red
medical
praction
er

12. OBJECTIVE OF EYE BANK
1. COLLECTION OF DONAR’S EYE.
2. PRESERVATION OF DONAR’S CORNEA.
3. DISTRIBUTION OF HIGHEST QUALITY OF DONAR’S TISSUE FOR
CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION.
4. PROMOTION,AWARENESS ABOUT EYE DONATION FROM
POTENTIAL DONARS.

13. WHAT ROLE IS PLAYED BY EYEBANK TEAM?
Eye
bank
Collect Store Availa
bility

15. 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

16. WHO CAN DONATE EYES?
Any age
Any
group
Any sex
Person without
communicable
disease

17. 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.

18. CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR COLLECTION OF
DONOR EYES

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

20. 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.

21. 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”.

22. EYE NEVER DIE
DONATE EYE
LEAVE YOUR “I” WHEN YOU LIVE
AND LEAVE YOUR “EYE” WHEN YOU LEAVE .

23. THANKYOU