%A Sharma, Ram
%A Sharma, Kalpana
%A Sharma, Shashi
%A Korla, Shagun
%T Hospital-based corneal retrieval at Shimla hills: An effective alternative to improve eye donation - Retrospective analysis of an eye bank data
%9 Original Article
%D 2018
%J International Journal of Social Rehabilitation
%R 10.4103/ijosr.ijosr_2_18
%P 10-13
%V 3
%N 1
%U https://www.ijsocialrehab.com/article.asp?issn=WKMP-0125;year=2018;volume=3;issue=1;spage=10;epage=13;aulast=Sharma
%8 January 1, 2018
%X
Aim: The retrospective analysis of eye bank data was done in terms of sociodemographic profile, topography, and types of donations for procurement. Materials and Methods: The data of 6 years' period from 2011 to 2016 were retrieved from the records available in the eye bank of the Department of Ophthalmology IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Results: There were 100 eye donations during this period in which 48 were males and 52 were females. Most of the donors belong to the age group of 60–80 years (n = 45), the corneal grade was B + in most of the cases (39%). The number of donors with rural background was more (71%) than that of donors with the urban background (29%) as the population profile of the state is mostly rural. The hospital-based motivational eye donations constituted as many as 91 eye donations and 9 only were voluntary. Conclusion: Hospital corneal retrieval program is the main source of eye donations as the difficult hilly terrains of the state, and harsh climatic conditions in winters limit the home-based retrieval of corneas. If hospital-based deaths are converted to eye donation, it can overcome the demand-supply gap in corneal blindness.
%0 Journal Article
%I Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
%@ WKMP-0125