Jason Hooton1, Kyeong Hwan Kim1, Stephen I Lentz2, Nicholas Hicks3, Kayla Jones3, Kristen McCoy3, Shahzad I Mian1. 1. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 3. Eversight Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the safety of long-term storage and shipping of prestripped, prestained, and preloaded Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (pDMEK) grafts. METHODS: A total of 33 cadaveric corneas were prestripped, prestained, and preloaded using modified Jones tube injectors as pDMEK. The corneas were masked to groups that were prepared <9 hours (control), 48 hours, and 72 hours before unloading and analysis. The 48- and 72-hour tissues were shipped by airfreight on each day before arrival to simulate domestic and international shipping. The corneas were then stained using Calcein AM vital dye (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) and imaged using an inverted confocal microscope. Primary outcome measures were endothelial cell loss (ECL, %) and sustainability of staining. MetaMorph software (Molecular Devices, Downingtown, PA) was used to quantify ECL, and staining was evaluated subjectively using all-or-none rating. RESULTS: There was no difference in the mean ECL for the control, 48-hour, and 72-hour groups, which were 25.1% ± 8.8%, 26.4% ± 17.5%, and 19.2% ± 11.5%, respectively (P = 0.45; Kruskal-Wallis test). In all tissues of each group, no loss of staining was identified at each time point of analysis. CONCLUSIONS: ECL in pDMEK tissue prepared 48 and 72 hours in advance and shipped using standard methods is similar to that in pDMEK tissue prepared on the same day. These findings support the safety of domestic and international shipping of pDMEK grafts.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the safety of long-term storage and shipping of prestripped, prestained, and preloaded Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (pDMEK) grafts. METHODS: A total of 33 cadaveric corneas were prestripped, prestained, and preloaded using modified Jones tube injectors as pDMEK. The corneas were masked to groups that were prepared <9 hours (control), 48 hours, and 72 hours before unloading and analysis. The 48- and 72-hour tissues were shipped by airfreight on each day before arrival to simulate domestic and international shipping. The corneas were then stained using Calcein AM vital dye (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) and imaged using an inverted confocal microscope. Primary outcome measures were endothelial cell loss (ECL, %) and sustainability of staining. MetaMorph software (Molecular Devices, Downingtown, PA) was used to quantify ECL, and staining was evaluated subjectively using all-or-none rating. RESULTS: There was no difference in the mean ECL for the control, 48-hour, and 72-hour groups, which were 25.1% ± 8.8%, 26.4% ± 17.5%, and 19.2% ± 11.5%, respectively (P = 0.45; Kruskal-Wallis test). In all tissues of each group, no loss of staining was identified at each time point of analysis. CONCLUSIONS: ECL in pDMEK tissue prepared 48 and 72 hours in advance and shipped using standard methods is similar to that in pDMEK tissue prepared on the same day. These findings support the safety of domestic and international shipping of pDMEK grafts.
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