Abstract:

Objective To investigate the characteristics of corneal  donors in Changsha Aier Eye Bank during January 2011 to December 2016 and to discuss strategies of improving corneal donation rate in China. Design  Retrospective cases series.  Participants 295 cases cornea donation donor registration information from January 2011 to December 2016 in the Changsha Aier Eye Bank. Methods  The Changsha Aier Eye Bank records were reviewed and analyzed retrospectively.  Main Outcome Measures  Donor demographics (age and sex), occupation, degree of culture, donor cause of death and donor source. Results  From 2011 to 2016, cases of donations  was 32, 33, 36, 40, 92 and 62 cases, respectively.  There were 21.7% (n=64) of donors  between 40 to 49 years old, and 15.3%  (n=45) were  older than 70 years old. The most common cause of donor death was malignant tumor (44.4%). The workers（29.8%）and farmers （29.2%）were the major proportion of donors. College-level education was the lowest rate (13.2%) . The most  donors  were initiative  donation (33.6%, n=99),  while The Red Cross donation, Organ Donation Center donation and Body  Nonation Center donation was  19.3%  (n=57),  12.9%  (n=38) , 11.2%  (n=33) , respectively.  Conclusions There is an increasing trend of donated corneas in Hunan from 2011 to 2016. That is depended on  the propaganda of eye bank and  various donor sources. (Ophthalmol CHN, 2018, 27: 48-51)

Key words: eye bank, corneal donation, donor sources