RESULTS
Yield of ADRCs From Orbital Adipose Tissue. The average mass of
tissue processed for ADRCs was 0.329 and 0.486 g for the nasal and
central adipose depots, respectively. The mean number of total ADRCs
was 7.1 105 and 15.6 105 cells/g of processed tissue for the nasal and
central adipose depots, respectively. The mean viability of the cells was
greater than 94% for both populations. The number of colony forming
adherent cells from ocular adipose was in the range of 0.01% to 0.1% of
total plated cells, and this is 1 to 2 logarithms less adherent cells than
reported for adipose tissue obtained from other depots.9 There was no
statistically significant difference between colony forming cell values for
the nasal and central ocular depots.