The use of a biological adhesive to achieve sutureless epikeratophakia

Eye (Lond). 1989:3 ( Pt 1):56-63. doi: 10.1038/eye.1989.8.

Abstract

An adhesive made of concentrated human fibrinogen produced from samples of single donor blood by a simple cryoprecipitation method was tested for its ability to bond lamellar corneal buttons in vitro and found to have a bond strength of 140 gm/cm2. The adhesive was successfully used to attach experimental epikeratophakia grafts in a rabbit model. The results were similar to those reported from an earlier trial using a commercially available adhesive prepared from pooled multi-donor human plasma. This experimental trial of single-donor adhesive demonstrates the possibility of successful use of autologous fibrinogen adhesive in human epikeratophakia. Autologous adhesive would remove the possible threat of transmitted disease posed by multi-donor adhesive and avoid immune reactions to foreign proteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cornea / pathology
  • Corneal Transplantation / methods*
  • Fibrin Tissue Adhesive
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Rabbits
  • Tissue Adhesives*

Substances

  • Fibrin Tissue Adhesive
  • Tissue Adhesives