Donation-Transplant process and rejection of corneal graft: case-control studies

Abstract

Thesis project developed with the Stricto Sensu Post-Graduation Program in Nursing of the Nursing Department from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Objective: To relate the cases of graft rejection after the transplant, according to the different classification levels of the corneal quality in a reference service in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Method: An epidemiological study with a quantitative approach, of the case-control type, descriptive and analytical. The research protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. The data collected will be subjected to statistical analysis by logistic regression to relate the cases of corneal transplant rejection with the different classification level of the material to be transplanted.