Are our cornea waiting lists dynamic enough?

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dc.contributor.authorPalamar, Melis
dc.contributor.authorEgrilmez, Sait
dc.contributor.authorYagci, Ayse
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-27T23:10:37Z
dc.date.available2019-10-27T23:10:37Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the dynamic reality of the corneal transplant (CT) waiting list and if the CT candidates are really eager to operation. We evaluated the response of consecutive 96 CT candidates to call for operation. The age, functional visual acuity, CT indication, waiting period, and the excuse of refusal for candidates that postponed the operation were also evaluated. The patients were classified into two groups according to the availability (Group 1, available; Group 2, unavailable). To find an available candidate for transplantation of 48 consecutive corneal tissues, 96 patients had to be called. The mean age of the patients was 57.49 +/- A 18.75. The mean age of Group 1 and Group 2 was 54.28 +/- A 18.12 (13-80) and 60.44 +/- A 19.01 (9-88) years, respectively (p = 0.108). It was found that the call refusal was higher in patients elder than age 70 (p = 0.04). The mean time between being added to the list and the call was 22.96 +/- A 7.80 (9-39) months for Group 1, 27.02 +/- A 8.25 (9-53) months for Group 2 (p = 0.015). The estimation point for waiting period was 22 months (p = 0.044). The most common reasons of excuse were inconvenience of timing, giving up operation, and secondary health problems, whereas anticoagulant use was the most common reason for postponement. As the waiting period gets longer and CT candidates get older, they tend to give up operation. The secondary health problems and use of systemic anticoagulants are important problems that might cause postponing the CT surgery and ruin the dynamicity of the waiting lists.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10792-015-0101-7en_US
dc.identifier.endpage197en_US
dc.identifier.issn0165-5701
dc.identifier.issn1573-2630
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid26208680en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage195en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-015-0101-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/52929
dc.identifier.volume36en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000373181000006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Ophthalmologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCorneal transplanten_US
dc.subjectCornea waiting listen_US
dc.subjectFunctional visionen_US
dc.subjectKeratoplastyen_US
dc.subjectTransplanten_US
dc.titleAre our cornea waiting lists dynamic enough?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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