Donating corneas means donating after death, but the relevant procedures should be done before death. Donors must be voluntary during their lifetime, or with the consent of their families after their death, with the principle of respecting voluntariness.

It is best to be 5 to 60 years old, but it can be relaxed to 70 years old. If it is used for medical research, it is free to donate cornea or eyeball regardless of age and disease. Nowadays, voluntary donations are everywhere in the world.

Description of donation

Voluntary donors can get the registration form from the local provincial eye bank, and you need to clearly fill in "voluntary" and the signature of your family. One copy of this form is kept by the volunteers and the other by the hospital. Registration forms can also be obtained by mail.

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Overview of corneal transplantation

Corneal transplantation is suitable for corneal opacity or edema caused by various reasons, which seriously affects vision: for example, corneal opacity caused by recurrent viral keratitis, patients who have not recurred within six months after thorough cure can consider corneal transplantation; Patients with corneal opacity burned by acid and alkali chemicals can undergo corneal transplantation one year after the injury is healed.

Patients with congenital corneal degeneration, keratoconus, corneal stroma degeneration and corneal endothelial cell dysfunction should also undergo corneal transplantation immediately; Corneal transplantation can be considered for patients with corneal tumor, corneal fistula and corneal staphyloma. Patients with corneal leukoplakia blindness can also consider corneal transplantation to improve their appearance.

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