Heartland Lions Eye Bank is a division of the Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation, dedicated to saving sight through eye banking, community vision programs, and eye care assistance. With over 40,600 corneal transplants performed since its founding in 1960, Heartland Lions Eye Bank is one of the five largest eye banks in the United States, providing high-quality donor tissue to corneal transplant surgeons in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois.
The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), of which Heartland Lions Eye Bank has been a member since 1961, commissioned a study that revealed corneal transplants performed in the United States this year will result in nearly $6 billion in total net benefits over the lifetime of the recipients. With a success rate of over 95 percent, corneal transplants not only restore vision and quality of life but also enhance productivity and reduce medical costs for the nation.
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