: To study the various tissue preparation and preservation which affect the quality of donor tissue along with the effect of recipient factors on short term graft survival. The ambi-spective study was carried out in order to know predictive value of factors like donor, tissue preservation and recipient factors and the extent of the effect on short term graft survival. A total of 26 eyes of 13 donors were studied, out of which 23 eyes had undergone penetrating keratoplasty. Out of 23 eyes, 3 eyes had undergone therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty, 16 eyes undergone optical penetrating keratoplasty and 4 eyes undergone triple procedures; penetrating keratoplasty with cataract extraction with posterior chamber intra ocular lens implantation. The results of penetrating keratoplasty were studied over a period of 3 months with follow ups at 1 week, 1 month and the final follow up at the 3rd month. The indication for penetrating keratoplasty in recipients in this study were essentially optical and therapeutic. The Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS 23.0 version. Categorical variables were described by taking percentages (analyzed using Chi Square test; Subgroup analysis was based on Adjusted Standardized Residuals). The variables with p value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Recipients with donor tissue from eyes retrieved within 4 hours of death and shorter preservation to utilization time have shown better graft survival. Practices including lid closure and eye drop instillation should be encouraged. Hospital cornea retrieval program should be promoted to ensure lesser death to enucleation time and preservation time for better graft outcome.

The study was conducted to observe the pattern of ocular morbidities in patients attending the ophthalmology department during the COVID-19 pandemic.: A prospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary eye care centre in Central India from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020, among a total of 982 patients with ocular manifestations who attended the outpatient department or emergency department. A detailed history was taken and a complete anterior and posterior segment examination was done. The standard investigation and treatment protocol of the institution was followed in all cases.: A total of 982 patients were enrolled in our study with a mean age of 36.42±18.05 years. Male preponderance was noted with an M: F ratio of 2.43. A wide spectrum of ocular manifestations during COVID-19 was observed. The anterior segment was involved in 85.1% and the posterior segment was involved in 14.9% and most common ocular manifestations affecting the anterior segment were noted as computer vision syndrome observed in 18.1% cases, followed by cataracts in 11.4% cases. : Various programs should be implemented to help in reducing the load of visual disability and blindness in the community which is increased after the COVID outbreak. With changing trends in geographical and socio-economical patterns of diseases, similar kinds of a pandemic may occur in the future. There should be formation of flexible government strategies for changing dynamics that can be timely implemented in the future for better management of curable/avoidable diseases.

Traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) refers to an acute injury to the optic nerve secondary to ocular trauma. The study was conducted to evaluate the visual outcome in cases of TON and to study reversal of optic nerve function after emergency ophthalmic intervention. Objectives: To evaluate the visual outcome in cases of TON, study the factors affecting final visual outcome and to evaluate the optic nerve function in cases of TON. Methodology: The present study was a Prospective observational study, 49 patients presented after ocular trauma in the

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