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World Cornea Congress VII, San Diego 2015
reduce its occurrence will be very
helpful to KPro surgeons around the
world."
The session will take place
tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in room
20D of the San Diego Convention
Center. EW
Editors' note: Dr. Colby has no finan-
cial interests related to her comments.
that there is less retroprosthetic
membrane formation using an
oversized back plate.
"While glaucoma is the com-
plication that is most devastating
in terms of vision, retroprosthetic
membrane formation is the most
common complication after Boston
KPro implantation," Dr. Colby said.
"Any strategies that we can use to
specialists who deal with complicat-
ed cases, there is always the question
of what to do after someone has had
3 or 4 failed keratoplasties, Dr. Colby
said. This presentation will look at a
patient population for outcomes and
complications.
The talk by Mona Dagher, MD,
will be important as well, Dr. Colby
said. As outcomes with keratopros-
thesis improve, more are being
implanted; the main problem with
long-term preservation of vision is
progression of glaucoma. This talk
looks at a large patient population
and should give additional insights
into why people lose vision to
glaucoma long-term with the Boston
KPro (developed at Massachusetts
Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston), she
said.
Dr. Colby is also interested in
the presentation by Juan Carlos
Abad, MD. He has been using over-
sized back plates for the KPro, which
Dr. Colby also uses. It does appear
I
n tomorrow's session on "Ker-
atoprosthesis and Penetrating
Keratoplasty," Kathryn Colby,
MD, PhD, Boston, will serve
as moderator, with Roberto
Pineda, MD, Boston, giving the key-
note on "Corneal Transplantation
in the Developing World: Lessons
Learned."
Dr. Colby said that a number
of talks in this session will address
interesting issues with keratoplasty.
Dr. Pineda has done a tremendous
amount of international mission
work, doing corneal surgery and
setting up a keratoprosthesis pro-
gram in several countries, including
Ethiopia and Sudan, she said.
"I think his experiences over the
decades of mission work will be both
inspirational and enlightening for
people attending the session."
Another talk will compare
the long-term outcomes of repeat
penetrating keratoplasty (PK)
versus keratoprosthesis. For cornea
by Ellen Stodola EyeWorld Staff Writer
Keratoprosthesis and PK
"I think [Dr. Pineda's] experiences
over the decades of mission work
will be both inspirational and
enlightening for people attending
the session."
–Kathryn Colby, MD, PhD
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