Keratoconus

ATHENS, Greece — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, discusses his PACE technique for keratoconus.

As cornea specialists, we talk a lot about how to get timely referrals of keratoconus patients from optometrists and ophthalmologists who don’t perform cross-linking. But it is also important to recognize our role in transitioning the patient back to the referring doctor. To me, there are three key elements of a successful handoff.

At Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, we are fortunate to have a large network of clinicians who refer patients to our cornea service.

ATHENS, Greece — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, A. John Kanellopoulos, MD, discusses cross-linking protocols for keratoconus.

ATHENS, Greece — Cross-linking CAIRS before implantation makes insertion easier, enhances the flattening effect and eliminates potential sources of infection, according to a speaker.

ATHENS, Greece — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Harminder S. Dua, MD, PhD, professor of ophthalmology at the University of Nottingham, discusses the implications of Dua’s layer in corneal pathology.

In our OD-MD practice, cross-linking is performed in-house, and the optometrists do the bulk of the work in documenting progression of keratoconus or ectasia changes over time.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

Pellucid marginal degeneration is a corneal ectatic disorder primarily involving the peripheral inferior quadrant from the 4 o’clock to 8 o’clock position.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, William B. Trattler, MD, of the Center for Excellence in Eye Care in Miami, offers advice on identifying and managing patients with both cataracts and keratoconus.