KPro Invited Courses at VIII World Cornea Congress

February 11, 2020 by · Leave a Comment 

EVENT CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Dear KPro aficionados,

Two important announcements:

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1) Professor James Chodosh and the MEEI team are planning the meeting  ”Boston Keratoprosthesis Type I: Fundamentals and New Directions” to be held  at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 from 12 noon to 5 PM, with reception to follow.  Send reservations to Larisa Gelfand (larisa_Gelfand@meei.harvard.edu)

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2) The VIII World Cornea Congress held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, has an Invited Course on Thursday May 14, 2020, organized by the KPro Society with topics (preliminary program link):

Updates in KPro Studies

  • Update on the international database for KPro as a primary penetrating procedure; P3KPRO study
  • CXL and KPro clinical trial update
  • Five year follow up of PANKPRO study; Latin American countries
  • Matched control in data analysis of KPRO

New approaches/Materials/Devices

  • Tubes versus Laser in KPro
  • Modifications to current KPro/MOOKP
  • LVKPRO
  • Update on Keraklear artificial cornea, US trial

Time and speakers are unknown at this time.  We will keep abreast of new developments.

All the best,

Jose de la Cruz, Secretary General

Jean-Marie Parel, Associate Secretary General