(i) Images from the automated noncontact specular microscope may be used interchangeably with those from the contact specular microscope to measure ECD, but only if both are properly calibrated by measuring an external scale. (ii) As a method of analysis, the Center Method is equivalent to the Corners Method in normal corneas, but the proprietary internal calibration of the Center Method, which is required for its use, yields ECDs approximately 6% less than when an external scale is used for distance calibration. (iii) Cell density measurements by both the Center Method and the Corners Method were reproducible within 1%.
After keratoplasty, no statistically significant differences in corneal thickness, epithelial survival, and endothelial cell loss were found between corneas stored in Chen Medium and Optisol-GS. Endothelial cell loss at 2 months was significantly correlated with storage time in both media.
Corneas stored in CM were thicker during storage than those stored in OM. The two storage media did not differ with respect to endothelial cell loss during storage or to the percentage of TUNEL-positive cells or keratocyte density at the end of the storage period.
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