Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, discusses custom-shaped CAIRS for the treatment of keratoconus.

The avascular nature of the cornea is necessary for optical clarity and optimal vision.

A corneal ulcer refractory to medical management often proceeds to therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in the late stages.

Microcornea often presents with a cataract, sometimes in childhood because of syndromic associations and sometimes in adulthood with increasing nuclear sclerosis.

A pre-Descemet’s endothelial keratoplasty graft has numerous advantages over a Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty graft.

Keratoconus is a corneal ectatic disease that affects young individuals with significant visual symptoms.

VIENNA — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS meeting, Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, speaks about her technique for customized corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segments for the treatment of ectatic disorders.

Eyes undergoing keratoplasty are often complex and may have already undergone previous surgery. In these cases, the iris may not be completely normal in shape, tone and/or structure.

Intraoperative Descemet’s detachment after the lens capsule is opened but before complete extraction of the nucleus/cortex can be challenging.

The term corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segments, or CAIRS, refers to the intra-channel placement of allogenic tissue for the treatment of corneal ectasia.