Regeneration with proliferation of the endothelium of cultured human donor corneas with extended postmortem time.

Purpose:To examine the endothelium of donor corneas with extended postmortem time for survival and reparative mechanisms in an eye bank organ culture storage system.Methods:We obtained 14 pairs of donor corneas with a postmortem time ranging from 29 to 163 hours. One cornea of a pair was immediately