Corneal Transplantation

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, John Sheets, PhD, of Pantheon Vision previews a product designed to address unmet needs in corneal blindness compared with the standard of care of transplantation.

VIENNA — Corneal regeneration was the topic of this year’s Binkhorst Medal Lecture at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.

Corneal transplantation for keratoconus has traditionally been performed as a full-thickness penetrating keratoplasty and generally is a very successful procedure.

MILAN — In the midst of the pandemic, three cases of endothelial dysfunction referred for PK due to severe corneal scarring were resolved with anterior lamellar keratectomy and DMEK by Lamis Baydoun, MD, PhD.

A comprehensive search and comparison of studies on Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty and ultra-thin Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of both procedures.

Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty has changed the management of endothelial pathologies. It is now widely adopted and well managed by most surgeons, but concerns remain about long-term graft survival, according to one specialist.

In this video, related to the ESCRS meeting, Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, speaks about corneal regeneration using stem cells, a new technique at the early stages of development that might become an alternative to corneal transplantation.

LAS VEGAS — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@ASCRS, Edward J. Holland, MD, discusses investigational work that would potentially allow for one corneal donor to help up to “hundreds of patients with corneal edema.”