Video: Dr. Terry Kim Discusses Surgical Adhesives in the Context of Ophthalmic Surgery
Dr. Terry Kim provides his perspective on the 2008 ASCRS meeting in an interview with contributing editor, Dr. Parag Majmudar. High points of the meeting included the wet-labs, film festival and of course, "The Challenge Cup Series" combining education and entertainment. Dr. Kim describes the instructional courses on tissue adhesives that he's been developing with Chris Rapuano, David Ritterband, Herb Kaufman, Richard Copeland, David Hardten, and Sadeer Hannush. Applications of surgical adhesives in ophthalmic surgery include cyanoacrylates for corneal perforations and cataract incisions. Fibrin sealants are used in pterygium (conjunctival (Read more...)