Dr. Parag Majmudar on the Impact of Collagen Crosslinking and DMEK

Dr. Parag Majmudar reviews highlights of the 2008 ASCRS meeting in a discussion with Dr. William Trattler. Corneal collagen cross-linking with riboflavin + UVA shows great potential for the treatment of ectasia and keratoconus. This has tremendous potential to treat early stage keratoconus patients so that they may be eligible for refractive procedures. Endothelial keratoplasty is another hot-topic having gone from DLEK to DSEK and possible moving to DMEK (Descemet's membrane only) in the future. Initially, his DSEK procedure followed that of Francis Price, MD, with preparation of donor tissue. (Read more...)

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