Clinical Study

Efficacy and Safety of Corneal Transplantation Using Corneas from Foreign Donors versus Domestic Donors: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Table 2

Donor-related factors.

Foreign group ()Domestic group () value

Mean age (years)66.3 ± 8.727.8 ± 11.3=0.000
DPT (hours)6.3 ± 2.210.4 ± 5.3=0.001
POT (hours)125.4 ± 36.723.6 ± 8.9=0.000
ECD (cell/mm2)2204 ± 2423048 ± 277=0.000

DPT: death-to-preservation time; POT: preservation-to-operation time; ECD: endothelial cell density.