Welcome to the Mid-Continent Eye
Bank Internet Site
The
Mid-Continent Eye Bank is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to giving one of the greatest gifts one can give: restoration
of eyesight. We have shared the gift of sight with over
7,000 people since 1985, and are a member of the Eye Bank
Association of America which provides more than 45,000 corneas
for transplantation each year. The Mid-Continent Eye Bank
provides services to the people of Kansas, and throughout
the world to those in need through our foreign project called
Operation Restore Sight.
Thank you for visiting our
Internet site. While here you will learn about:
What we do
The Mid-Continent Eye Bank
procures and distributes eye tissue for transplantation.
The clear, outer window of the eye is called the cornea
and this is the most commonly transplanted tissue. The white
outer covering of the eye, called the sclera, is also preserved
and used for reconstructive surgery. Whole eyes are not
transplanted. When a transplant isn't possible, we work
hard to place the tissue in research programs investigating
ways to overcome blindness.
The most common reason for
a cornea transplant are:
