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DONOR RISK FACTORS FOR GRAFT SURVIVAL AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTYN. Surchev, P. Vassileva, M. MoutaftchievaUniversity Eye Hospital „Akad. Pashev“, BulgariaPurpose: To assess the impact of donor factors on graft survival after penetrating keratoplasty (PK).Methods: Review of donor records from all PK performed at our hospital during the period 2005-2010. Data on donor parameters and current graft status were collected and statistically evaluated forpossible relationship to graft failure by means of Cox regression analysis.Results: Increasing donor age appears to have a weak negative effect on graft survival (HR=1,036, 95%CI 1,002-1,072). This relation was not confirmed when comparing survival of corneas from donors aged65 or less vs. older ones. Other donor cornea parameters were not significantly associated with graftfailure.Conclusions: Donor factors do not seem to impact significantly PK graft survival when within theapproved corneal bank parameters.66