Dr. (Mrs) Potdar Nayana Anil, P08645, Dr. Gore Swaranjali Shivaji
Corneal blindness is one of the leading causes of reversible blindness both in adults & children. Prevalence of total blindness is 1.1% of which corneal blindness constitute 0.9% . Corneal blindness can be managed by performing keratoplasty.The enucleation is a procedure to retrieve corneas/eyeballs from cadavers.The enucleated eyeballs are used for corneal transplantation, scleral patch grafts, academic or research purposes.Tertiary care hospitals play a vital role in harvesting & utilisation of eyeballs. The trained medical residents perform the procedure under aseptic conditions either in the hospital or at home.Collected eyeballs/corneas are processed & distributed to the recipients. We carried out the study of eye donations done from june 2015- may 2016 . we noted the general outlook of patients towards eye donation, and collected data on the number of eneucleations done, utilization of eye balls. It is observed that there are some mis -conceptions & lack of motivation for eye donation. Hence more awareness regarding eye donati