Canadian Cornea, External Disease & Refractive Surgery Society

COS 4: Controversies in Cornea and Refractive Surgery

Friday June 10, 2011, 1545-1715
Stanley Park 1&2

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

  • Integrate knowledge from new surgical techniques in keratoplasty
  • Demonstrate enhanced ability to manage presbyopia
  • Compare different approaches to the management of PRK
  • Assess increased medico legal risk in anterior segment procedures


Guests
Donald Tan, MD
Parag Majmudar, MD
Richard Abbott, MD
Canadian guests
Paul Dubord, MD
W. Bruce Jackson, MD
John Blaylock, MD
Moderator
Guillermo Rocha

1545Welcome and introduction
Guillermo Rocha
1550Corneal transplantation and the elimination of corneal blindness
Paul Dubord
1557Discussion
1600Is DALK better than full thickness corneal transplants?
Donald Tan
1610Discussion
1615Should MMC be used in PRK?
Parag Majmudar
1625Discussion
1630Corneal correction of presbyopia: Are we there yet?
W. Bruce Jackson
1640Discussion
1645Bilateral refractive lensectomy are simultaneously operated for ametropia
John F. Blaylock, Zhaomin Si, Mark Petrik
1655Discussion
1700Light adjustable lenses following corneal refractive surgery
Guillermo Rocha
1710Discussion and closing remarks

Refractive Surgery Symposium: Preventing and Managing Complications

Saturday June 11, 2011, 1045-1215
Stanley Park 3

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

  • Integrate knowledge from new developments in femtosecond lasers
  • Demonstrate enhanced ability to manage challenging refractive surgery cases
  • Compare different approaches to the management of refractive surgery cases


Guests
Donald Tan, MD
Parag Majmudar, MD
Moderators
Stephen Brodovsky
Mona Harissi-Dagher

1045Welcome
Stephen Brodovsky/Mona Harissi-Dagher
1048Corneal applications of the femtosecond laser
Donald Tan
1100Discussion
1103Optimizing outcomes in refractive surgery
Parag Majmudar
1115Discussion
1118Refractive surgery nightmares: Interactive case presentations
Parag Majmudar
Free Papers
1140To evaluate the performance and acceptability of variable spot scanning refractive surgery
W. Bruce Jackson, Kashif Baig, John F. Blaylock, Joseph King, George Mintsioulis, David S. Rootman, James Wiens
1145Discussion
1148Examining the characteristics of post laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) corneal ectasia patients
Ravinder D Bhui, Simon P. Holland
1153Discussion
1156Sutures management of recalcitrant LASIK flap striae
Salima Hassanaly, Eser Adiguzel, Avi Wallerstein, Mark Cohen, Pierre Demers, Mona Harissi-Dagher
1201Discussion
Demers, Mona Harissi-Dagher
1204The four-year outcomes from a prospective Canadian clinical investigation of an angle-supported phakic lens
Simon Holland, Thaddeus Demong, Francis Roy, Theodore Rabinovitch, Mihai Pop
1209Discussion
1212Closing remarks
1215Cornea Business Meeting

Medical and Surgical Cornea: Symposium on Advances and Challenging Cases

Saturday June 11, 2011, 1330-1500
Stanley Park 3


Guest
Donald Tan, MD
Moderators
Patricia Ann Laughrea
Martin McCarthy

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

  • Integrate knowledge from current aspects of ocular surface diagnosis and management
  • Demonstrate enhanced ability to manage challenging medical corneal cases
  • Compare different approaches to the surgical management of challenging ocular surface conditions
1330Welcome
Patricia Ann Laughrea/ Martin McCarthy
1331Ron Jans Cornea Research Award: The development of a frozen section technique for multi-antibody screening of impression cytologies of the ocular surface
Julia Baryla
1338Discussion
Award presentation by Dr W. Bruce Jackson
1341W. Bruce Jackson Lecture: Osteo-odonto Keratoprosthesis (OOKP)
Donald Tan
1351Discussion
Award presentation by Dr Patricia Ann Laughrea
1354Challenging cases in medical and surgical cornea: Interactive case presentations
Donald Tan
1414Corneal vignettes
Jeffrey Sher
Free Papers
1421Development of biocompatible nanocomposites in contact lenses for local delivery of growth factor in chemical burns
William G. Hodge, Jin Zhang, Hyung Kim, Adrienne Willoughby
1426Discussion
1429Gonococcal ophthalmia in adults: Conjunctivitis, ulcerative keratitis and corneal perforation
Mayte Arino, Nicolas Alejandre, Blanca Garcia, Ignacio Jimenez-Alfaro
1434A rare case of corneal crystalline deposits as initial presentation of multiple myeloma
King Chow, Katherine Monkman, Kulbir S. Gill, Leonard Minuk, Rookaya Mather
1439Successful treatment of acute ocular involvement in Stevens-Johnson syndrome with amniotic membrane transplantation: A case report
Tiiu M. Hess, Hall F. Chew
1444Discussion
1447What are the indications and outcomes of keratoprosthesis implantation in patients with previous ocular surface stem cell transplantation?
Clara C. Chan, Edward J. Holland
1452Long-term results regarding the impact of glaucoma on vision following Boston keratoprosthesis type 1 surgery
Julia Talajic, Sébastien Gagné, Younes Agoumi, Mona Harissi-Dagher
1457Discussion and closing remarks

Cornea: Rapid Fire Session on Innovations and Free Paper Presentations

Saturday June 11, 1545-1715
Room 206 AB


Panelists
Parag Majmudar, MD
Donald Tan, MD
Ahmed Al-Ghoul, MD
Clara Chan, MD
Moderators
George Beiko
Joseph Ma

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

  • Integrate knowledge from new keratoplasty techniques
  • Demonstrate enhanced ability to manage challenging surgical corneal cases
  • Compare different approaches to the management of corneal collagen cross-linking
1545Welcome
Moderators
Corneal Pathology
1547Incidence of ocular surface squamous neoplasia in pterygium specimens: An 8-year Canadian survey
Sonia N. Yeung, Peter Kim, Alejandro Lichtinger, Maoz D. Amiran, Elie Cote, Sabrina Teitel, Allan R. Slomovic
1552Discussion
Keratoplasty
1554Effect of cryopreservation on donor ocular tissue
Tenley Bower, Guillermo Rocha
1559Combined use of subconjunctival and intracorneal bevacizumab injection for corneal neovascularization
Sonia N. Yeung, Alejandro Lichtinger, Peter Kim, Maoz D. Amiran, Allan R. Slomovic
1604Discussion
1607Tissue quality of eye bank prepared lamellar grafts for Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty
Brian Nelson, Rusty Ritenour
1612Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) using infant donor tissue
Peter Kim, Sonia N. Yeung, Alejandro Lichtinger, Maoz D. Amiran, David S. Rootman
1617Graft survival post penetrating keratoplasty (PKP): A consecutive series at McGill University
Elham Rastikerdar, Si-Liang Peng, Devinder P Cheema
1622Long-term outcomes of descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK): Up to 5-years follow-up
Peter Kim, Sonia N. Yeung, Alejandro Lichtinger, Maoz D. Amiran, David S. Rootman, Manreet Alangh, Allan R. Slomovic
1627Discussion
Corneal collagen cross-linking
1632Riboflavin cross-linking treatment increases corneal epithelial and stromal thickness in keratoconus patients
Hugo F. Sutton, Steven Ma, David P. Schwirtz, Sharon T. Wong, Eric Pharand
1637Corneal collagen cross-linking with riboflavin and ultraviolet-A light in keratoconus: One-year analysis of first 100 treated eyes
Sadhana V. Kulkarni, Kashif Baig, George Mintsioulis, W. Bruce Jackson
1642Corneal collagen cross-linking in Canada
Adam Muzychuk, Victor Penner, Ahmed Al-Ghoul, Martin McCarthy, Guillermo Rocha
1647Is collagen cross-linking (CXL) for keratoconus with simultaneous topographical-guided photorefractive keratectomy (TG-PRK) effective?
Simon Holland, David Lin
1652Collagen cross-linking and TCAT for keratoconus and post-LASIK ectasia
Dwight Silvera, Eser Adiguzel, Avi Wallerstein, Mark Cohen
1657Discussion
Techniques
1707Comparison of tensile strength of slip knots compared to 3-1-1 knots using 10-0 nylon suture
Carla R. Lutchman, Linus H. Leung, Hall F. Chew
1712Discussion and closing remarks


Parag A. Majmudar, MD


Professor Donald T.H. Tan, FRCSE, FRCSG, FRCOphth, FAMS