Canadian Cornea, External Disease & Refractive Surgery Society

Update on Medical Cornea
Advances and Challenging Cases

Friday June 29, 2012, 1330-1500
Harbour B

Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Integrate knowledge from new developments in the management of unique corneal medical cases.
  • Demonstrate enhanced ability to manage challenging anterior segment lesions.
  • Compare different approaches to the management of infectious corneal conditions.

Guest
Anthony J. Aldave, MD		 Moderator
Jit Gohill

1330Canadian Cornea, External Disease & Refractive Surgery Society business meeting
1350Welcome and introductions
1352A comparison between anterior segment optical coherence tomography and ultrasound biomicroscopy in the imaging of amelanotic iris lesions
Ronaldo Santiago, Hatem Krema, Jose Efren Gonzalez-Monroy, Charles J. Pavlin
1358Surgical technique and outcome of partial iris cerclage in patients with atonic pupils
Toby Chan, Ike Ahmed
1404Discussion
1408Interactive case discussion
Anthony J. Aldave
1423Herpes zoster ophthalmicus - should we vaccinate?
Setareh Ziai, W. Bruce Jackson, George Mintsioulis, Kashif Baig, Seymour Brownstein, Andre Jastrzebski, Kay Lam
1427Trends in bacterial keratitis in Toronto: An 11 year review
Alejandro Lichtinger, Sonia Yeung, Peter Kim, Alfonso Iovieno, Uri Elbaz, Judy Y. Ku, Rachel Wolff, Jackie Slomovic, David S. Rootman, Allan R. Slomovic
1433Epidemiology of infectious corneal ulcers in Vancouver, British Columbia: The 2007-2011 report
Andrea L. Butler, Sachiko Sasaki, Diane Roscoe, Peter Tilley, Martin McCarthy, David F. Rollins, Sonia Yeung, Francis C. Law, Christopher J. Lyons, Simon Holland
1439Boston keratoprosthesis type 1: Microbial colonization and antibacterial resistance
Marie-Claude Robert, Elie P. Eid, Pierre Saint-Antoine, Mona Harissi-Dagher
1445Long-term follow-up of implanted Boston type I keratoprosthesis and angle structural changes Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography
Cynthia X. Qian, Salima I. Hassanaly, Mona Harissi-Dagher
1451Discussion
1500Closing remarks


Anthony Aldave, MD