Corneal donation for research versus for transplantation: A-year prospective study of acceptance rates in a French University Hospital

• Thibaud Garcin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t.garcin@univ-st-etienne.fr

  Affiliations Corneal Graft Biology, Engineering and Imaging Laboratory, BiiGC, EA, Federative Institute of Research in Sciences and Health Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France, Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7676-4080

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• Jean Loup Pugniet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Hospital Coordination Team, University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France

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• Thierry Peyragrosse,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Hospital Coordination Team, University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France

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• Francoise Rogues,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Hospital Coordination Team, University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France

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• Sophie Acquart,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Eye Bank, French Blood Center, Saint-Etienne, France

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• Fabrice Cognasse,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Eye Bank, French Blood Center, Saint-Etienne, France

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• Gilles Thuret,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Corneal Graft Biology, Engineering and Imaging Laboratory, BiiGC, EA, Federative Institute of Research in Sciences and Health Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France, Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France, Institut Universitaire de France, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5941-8415

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• Philippe Gain

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Corneal Graft Biology, Engineering and Imaging Laboratory, BiiGC, EA, Federative Institute of Research in Sciences and Health Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France, Ophthalmology Department, University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France

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