Past Meetings – 1999
April 29, 1999 by JMP · Leave a Comment
3rd KPro Study Group Meeting, Birmingham, England
3rd KPro STUDY GROUP MEETING
June 24-26, 1999
University of Birmingham Conference Park
Birmingham, England
Focus: Role of the haptic in increasing KPro long term survival
Meeting Executive President: Michael J. Roper-Hall
Poster Coordination: Peter McDonnell & Kira Brenman
KPro’99 Scientific Coordinator: Kira Brenman
“Proceedings may be found An Inst Barraquer 2001, 30 (1-2) :”
Presentations at the 3rd KPro Study Group Meeting
Friday June 25, 1999
Introduction.
Michael Roper-Hall, U. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Contributions of past KPro conferences and the future.
J-M Parel for the KPro Study Group Steering Committee
Early experience and present views on keratoprosthesis.
Joaquin Barraquer, Instituto Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain.
Session I Clinical results of 1st generation KPros
(Monobloc, synthetics)
Chairs: Lacombe & Polack, Moderator: Dohlman
Success and failure of 1st generation KPros.
Michael Roper-Hall, U. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
KPro in non-cicatrizing conditions.
Claes Dohlman, Harvard Medical School / Mass. Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA
Ceramic KPro, long term follow-up.
Frank Polack, G Heimke, U. of Florida Anatomy Dept, Gainesville, U. of South Florida Ophthalmology Dept., Tampa, FL, USA
All PMMA retroprosthetic fixation KPro at 10 years.
Emmanuel Lacombe, Rothschild Foundation, Paris, France
Session II: Clinical results of 2nd generation KPros
(OOKP, biologic skirt)
Chairs: Falcinelli & Barraquer, Moderator: Grabner
Falcinelli’s OOKP KPro – 15 years experience.
Giancarlo Falcinelli, P Colliardo, E Corazza, M Taloni, Foundation for OOKP, Rome, Italy
Long-term success in OOKP: Can VATI give more comparable results? A proposal for a method to compare “Medium to Long-term” outcome as demonstrated by the Salzburg OOKP series.
Gunther Grabner, J Stoiber, J Ruckhofer, G Falcinelli, Eye Clinic Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Early British results of modern Falcinelli OOKP surgery.
Andrea Sciscio, C Liu, Sussex Eye Hospital/U. of Brighton, Brighton, UK
OOKP- surgical management and results.
Konrad Hille, H Landau, KW Ruprecht, U. of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
Complications in OOKP.
Maurizio Taloni, G Falcinelli, B Falsini, P Filadoro, V Petitti, OOKP Foundation, Rome, Italy
A new lens for vitreous and retinal surgery in OOKP patients.
Jeroni Nadal, J Barraquer, Instituto Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
Session III Clinical results of 3nd generation KPros
(Metals & synthetics, donor tissue integration)
Moderator: Kain
Evaluation of 46 KPros after 6 years. Follow-up.
Mihai Pop, Emergency Eye Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Worst KPro.
Jan Worst, MV van Andel. Jan Worst Research Group, Haren, Holland
KPro in terminal stages of edematous bullous keratopathy.
Stanislav A Yakimenko, Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases & Tissue Therapy, Odessa, Ukraine
Visual recovery in Mooren’s ulcer by scleral grafting and KPro.
YP Henry, MJW Zaal, HJ Volker-Dieben, Free U., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paralimbal scleral window;
Indu R Singh, Amritsar, India
Session IV Clinical results of 4th generation KPros
(Synthetic biointegration)
Chairs: Pintucci, Moderator: Crawford
Girard KPro (commented Video).
Louis Girard, Houston, TX, USA (presented in his absence by Parel and Brenman)
PMMA/Dacron biointegrated KPro: 19 years experience.
Stefano Pintucci, F Pintucci, A Sarra, Azienda Ospedaliera, S. Giovanni-Addolorata, Centro Oftalmologico Pintucci, Rome, Italy
Role of hydromechanical fixation in haptic biocolonization.
Emmanuel Lacombe, Rothschild Foundation, Paris, France
Pilot study of Chirila KPro in humans.
Celia Hicks, GJ Crawford, TV Chirila, X Lou, S Platten, S Vijayasekaran, IJ Constable, Lions Eye Institute, Perth, Australia
Aachen KPro – 1st prolonged application.
Norbert I Schrage, S Kompa, S Langefeld, B Kirchhof, U. of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Evaluation of biocolonizable keratoprosthesis in patients with corneal edema.
Isabelle Riss, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Session V Expulsion and methods to prevent it
Chairs: Lacombe & Caldwell, Moderator: Alfonso
Risk Factors for endophthalmitis in KPro patients.
Mahnaz Nouri, H Terada, ML Durand, E Alfonso, CH Dohlman, Harvard Medical School Mass Eye & Ear, Boston and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, U. of Miami, FL, USA
Transplantation of the autologous submandibular gland for severe keratoconjunctivitis sicca in Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Gerd Geerling, JRO Collin, IA Cree, MM Matheson, JKG Dart, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
Immunological & biochemical indices of blood in patients with RPM after KPro.
Olga Guseva, L Velichko, T Metelitsina, SA Yakimenko, Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases & Tissue Therapy, Odessa, Ukraine
Glaucoma following KPro.
Claes Dohlman, Harvard Medical School/ Mass. Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA
The Ahmed glaucoma valve in secondary glaucoma in OOKP.
Konrad Hille, H Landau, KW Ruprecht, U. of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
Successful treatment of KPro skirt exposure using a transpositional conjunctival-lower eyelid retractor complex flap.
John Cowden, JW Gigantelli, Mason Eye Institute, TX, USA
Clinical indications and action mechanisms of amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction in patients being considered for a keratoprosthesis.
Eduardo C Alfonso, SCG Tseng, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, U. of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Saturday June 26, 1999
Session VI Research and Future directions
Chairs: Hicks & Duchesne, Moderator: Parel
Assessment of Corneal Mechanics of Humans, Pigs and Cats. Comparison with Keratoprosthesis Polymers.
Bernard Duchesne, R Bougaran, D Durand, H Tahi, U. of Liege, Belgium; Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, U. of Miami, USA
Biocompatibility evaluation of new non-porous transparent materials for keratoprosthesis.
Hassan Tahi, B Duchesne, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, U. of Miami, USA; U. of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Ocular biomaterials: Cellular & surface chemical issues.
Brian Tighe, Aston U., Birmingham, UK
Development of new synthetic material for corneal replacements.
Valerie Franklin, F Lydon, K Evans, B Tighe, C Liu, Aston U., Birmingham, UK
Does embryonic keratocyte EK1.BR models corneal wound healing with age?
Susan Sandeman, RGA Faragher, M Allen, C Liu, AW Llyod, U. of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Effect of aging on KPro biointegration.
Susan Sandeman, RGA Faragher, M Allen, C Liu, AW Llyod, U. of Brighton, Brighton, UK
In-vitro study of silicone foam and ePTFE as potential haptic materials for KPro
Eike Berger, K Gaebert, J Saedler, CF Kreiner, R Guthoff, U. of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Evaluation of ceramic KPro in rabbits.
Hiroshi Shiota, H Eguchi, H Yunoki, H Amitani, U. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Hydroxyapatite coralline keratoprosthesis: First human cases.
Carlos Leon, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Session VII Summary of poster presentation
Chairs: Falcinelli & Rol, Moderator: Barraquer
Clinical results of 1st to 4th generation KPros
OOKP in the treatment of corneal blindness due to “dry eye”.
Paulo Colliardo, M Caselli, GC Falcinelli, G Grabner, I Micozzi, Foundation for OOKP, Rome, Italy
Visual fields with an OOKP.
Chris Hull, DF Edgar, C Liu, A Sciscio, City U., Optometry & Visual Science, London, UK
Influence of PMMA diameter on visual field in OOKP.
Konrad Hille, H Landau, KW Ruprecht, U. of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
Design of OOKP optic-improving field of vision.
Chris Hull, DF Edgar, C Liu, A Sciscio, City U., Dept. of Optometry & Visual Science, London, UK
OOKP: New design of optical cylinder.
Giancarlo Falcinelli, R Fletcher, L Lupelli, P Palumbo, F Sala, Foundation for OOKP, Rome, Italy
Aachen KPro-1st temporary application.
Sirpa Kompa, S Langefeld, B Kirchhof, NF Schrage, U. of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Posterior fixation keratoprosthesis with biocolonizable seal: 6 years, 47 patients.
Emmanuel Lacombe, J-C Joyaux, I Riss, B Duchesne, H Tahi, J-M Parel, Rothschild Foundation & Universities of Miami, Bordeaux, Liege, and Paris
Preoperative prognostic factors in keratoprosthesis.
F Yaghouti, M Nouri, WC Fung, WJ Power, MJ Doane, CH Dohlman. Mass Eye&Ear Infirmary and Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Med School, Boston, MA, USA
Research and Future directions
Human and porcine cornea.
Katrin Gaebert, E Berger, J Saedler, DG Weiss, R Guthoff, U. of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Cartilage to cornea: structural & cellular issues in material design for KPros.
Fiona Lydon, PH Corkhill, JH Fitton, VJ Franklin, HR Oxley, BJ Tighe, Aston U., Birmingham, UK
A new prosthetic corneal graft.
Thomas White, U. of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Marine inspired artificial cornea.
David Green, F Lydon, B Tighe, C Liu, Aston U., Birmingham, UK
Ophthalmic biomaterials: Inflammatory role of vitronectin.
Brian Tighe, VJ Franklin, C Graham, A Mann, M Guillon, Aston U., Birmingham, UK
Biosurface structures: Nature’s solutions.
Steve Tonge, B Tighe, Aston U., Birmingham, UK
Aston biomaterials research unit: A profile.
Valerie Franklin et al, Aston U., Birmingham, UK
Invited presentation: Once upon a time there was a blind.
Jean-Christophe Joyaux, Martinique, FWI
