Get Crosslinking Straight!
Dr. Rashmi Deshmukh
Objective: To provide the attendees the perspective of using collagen crosslinking (CXL) in kertoconusand refractive surgeries.
Outline: CXL has become the mainstay of management of keratoconus. However, keratoconus has proteanpresentations and hence, CXL should ideally be customised to the eye being treated. This instruction coursebegins by delving into when to do CXL in the first place. It moves on then, to cover the various protocolsavailable for CXL and provides tips to decide which protocol to choose as well as how to deal with thincorneas. Next, it would discuss the decision-making, risks and benefits of performing CXL in a pediatric eye,followed by the methods of visual rehabilitation in a patient with keratoconus by combining CXL with INTACS,topography-guided PRK or customised CXL. Lastly, the extra step of cross linking in refractive surgerieswould be discussed.
| 1 | What is the right time to do crosslinking? | Dr. Kareeshma Wadia |
| 2 | Crosslinking Protocols: which is the best for my patient? | Dr. Rashmi Deshmukh |
| 3 | Crosslinking in thin cornea | Dr. Rushad Shroff |
| 4 | Paediatric Cross-linking | Dr. Rohit Shetty |
| 5 | Visual rehabilitation and Crosslinking – role of INTACS, TPRKand customized crosslinking | Dr. Himanshu Matalia |
| Total duration (including panel discussion of 10 mins) |
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