9th KPro meeting April 12, 2014, Salzburg, Austria, CALL for ABSTRACTS

January 6, 2014 by admin · Leave a Comment

We are happy to announce our 2014 meeting which will be held on April 12, 2014

at the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg,

Final abstract deadline extended to Sunday March 16, 2014

in the MAIN AUDITORIUM Building H1 (http://www.salk.at/lageplan_lkh.php?aid),

of the Landeskrankenhaus, Universitätsklinikum, http://www.salk.at/Landeskrankenhaus.html

Our meeting title will be:

Current KPro´s – Indications, Complications and Solutions – where are we going?

We are seeking presentations on the following subjects:

Current status/advances/future of MOOKP, Boston KPro, Biosynthetic cornea, and other KPros.
What are the major problems with current KPros?
How best prevent/treat infection/inflammation?
Glaucoma and KPro: any solution yet?
Can we avoid retroprosthetic membrane formation?
Vitreoretinal surgery in KPro patients: how to deal with this problem?
How can one best image the anterior segment and retina in KPro patients?
What improvements or new instruments would you like in your surgical armamentarium?

Other subjects are of course welcome.

Should you be interested in presenting, please submit a short abstract following the ARVO format, an Abstract Submission Form link is here.

In view of the past several meetings, we expect spending a full 8:30am – 5:30pm day with presentations lasting 10 min maximum and 10 mins for discussion. Exceptions will be made by the Steering Committee for complex subjects that require more time.

Practical information:

The Landeskrankenhaus, Universitätsklinikum address is Müllner Hauptstrasse 48, 5020 Salzburg. A protected and covered car park is available next to the auditorium building (see map P3). We will provide exit tickets for those participants arriving with their own car – request at the registration desk.

Salzburg in the spring time is a great time of the year to visit! This is also well known to many tourists and in addition this weekend is the start of the Salzburg Easter Music Festival that some of you might be familiar with. It is therefore crucial that you start making you bookings for accommodations as soon as possible as many good locations (top class hotels, close to the city and hospital) will be booked quite some time in advance. Find more booking details in this link.

Thanks to Jean-Marie Parel and his expert co-workers we have a new website www.KPro.org for additional information on the organization and this upcoming meeting.

We are very thankful to many KPro members for helping the KPro Study Group Team update the now >650 strong KPro email list which will be used to update you on this upcoming meeting in Europe.

With the hope to see you on April 12, 2014, we wish you all the best !

For the KPro Study Group steering committee and KPro SG secretariat

Debbie Sweeney,Michael Belin & Jean-Marie Parel

& Günther Grabner for the local organizing committee

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EVER 2013 Congress – Nice, France

July 22, 2013 by admin · Leave a Comment

EVER 2013 Congress – Nice, France

http://www.ever.be/news

2 sessions dedicated to KPros (Sept 18-21, 2013):

http://www.ever.be/view_session.php?ses_id=1464
http://www.ever.be/view_session.php?ses_id=1470

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2nd generation MOOKP micro-Mill

April 4, 2013 by admin · Leave a Comment

2nd generation MOOKP MicroMill rev 3.31.13 ,for more information, contact abernal@bioniko.com

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Advances in Modified Osteo-Odonto Keratoprosthesis Technique for the treatment of Combat Related Corneal Blindness

April 4, 2013 by admin · Leave a Comment

MOOKP – Military Vision Symposium on Ocular & Vision Injury 09-14-12 FINAL

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KPro training course on August 10, 2013 at the PAAO annual meeting

March 4, 2013 by admin · Leave a Comment

KPro training course

Pan American Association of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 7– 10, 2013.

The course will be held on Saturday Aug 10 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm

For details: http://www.paao.org

Chair:

Michael W Belin

Faculty:

Juan Carlos Abad
Jose de la Cruz
Mark J Mannis
Victor L Perez

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Memorandum of Understanding between the Asia Cornea Society and the KPro Study Group

February 26, 2013 by admin · Leave a Comment

We also have a renewed Memorandum of Understanding between the Asia Cornea Society and the KPro Study Group

OBJECTIVE

This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expresses the general understanding and intentions of the ACS www.asiacorneasociety.org and KPro Study Group concerning affiliation. The purpose of this affiliation is to link up both societies to establish a global network of corneal subspecialists and researchers with the common vision of fostering the exchange of knowledge and information on clinical, educational and research aspects of the corneal subspecialty dedicated to the advancement of corneal subspecialty.

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KPro Study Group 2012

June 3, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment

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8th KPro Study Group meeting, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, May 12, 2012

May 8, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment

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8th KPro Study Group meeting

Meeting President: Claes Dohlman – Meeting Chair & Host: Eduardo Alfonso
Preliminary Program
(Only speakers listed – final program will cite all authors)

Date: Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Venue: Jose Berrocal Auditorium, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
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7:00am Registration opens: $ 85, payable in cash or by check made to “University of Miami”, a receipt will be provided at the registration desk the day of the meeting

Projection booth opens: Download ALL presentations – NO laptop on the podium
Poster hanging: Use scotch tape only, NO pins
Original presentations: 10 mins maximum – Presentations already given at ARVO 2012: 5 mins maximum

7:45 Opening Eduardo Alfonso, Meeting Chair
7:50 Introduction Jean-Marie Parel, KPro Study Group Secretary General
7:55 Meeting Rules Deborah Sweeney & Michael Belin, KPro SG Associate Secretary Generals

Session 1 MOOKP – Moderators: Victor Perez & Yoh Sawatari

8:00 Modified Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis in Japan – Masahiko Fukuda
8:10 Osteo-Odonto Keratoprosthesis: Initial Experience Using a Four Staged Technique – Virender Sangwan
8:20 The role of electrophysiologic testing in the preoperative assessment of osteo-keratoprosthesis or osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis surgery – Victor Charoenrook
8:30-8:35 Long term ex-vivo testing of three bonding agents utilized to secure the PMMA optical cylinder to the MOOKP osteo-odonto lamina (Poster) – Deepa Sathia
8:35 Discussion (15 mins)

Session 2 Boston Keratoprosthesis – Moderators: Claes Dohlman & James Chodosh

8:50 Boston Keratoprosthesis in ocular chemical burns of southern China – Jianjun Gu
9:00 BPEI Long Term Clinical Outcome and Complications of the use of Boston KPro for the Treatment of Corneal Blindness – Luis Haddock
9:10 Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis for Bilateral Corneal Blindness: The Indian Experience – Virender Sangwan
9:20 Medium-Term Results From the Boston Keratoprosthesis Multicenter Study – Joseph Ciolino
9:30 The Use of Pre-Cut, Gamma Irradiated Corneal Lenticules in Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis Implantation – Essen Akpek
9:40 The Use of Gamma-Irradiated Cornea Tissue with Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis – Lena Chheda
9:50 An Affordable Boston Keratoprosthesis for World Corneal Blindness: the Lucia Modification – James Chodosh
10:00 Discussion (35mins)

10:35-11:00 COFFEE BREAK

Session 3 Alternative KPros and Treatments – Moderators: Debbie Sweeney & Gunther Grabner
11:00 Comparing the clinical application of MICOF and Boston keratoprostheses for corneal opacity unsuitable for keratoplasty – Liqiang Wang
11:10 Short-term clinical results of the use of the KeraKlear for the treatment of corneal blindness – Jose Vargas
11:20 Management of Bilateral Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency (LSCD): KPro versus Limbal Allograft – Virender Sangwan
11:30 Discussion (15 mins)

Session 4 Infection & Inflammation – Moderators: Eduardo Alfonso & Darlene Miller

11:45 Boston Keratoprosthesis-associated Endophthalmitis: Recommendations for Prevention – Irmgard Behlau
11:55 Contact Lens Surveillance Cultures in Boston Type I Keratoprosthesis Patients – Ruju Ra
12:05 Microbiota Evaluation of Patients with a Boston Type I Keratoprosthesis Treated with Topical 0.5% Moxifloxacin and 5% Povidone-iodine – Lauro A Oliveira
12:15 Retrospective Survival Analysis in Patients with Corneal Melt Following Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis – Ruju Rai
12:25 Scanning Electron Microscopy Observational Analysis of Explanted Keratoprosthesis – Jose De La Cruz
12:35-12:40 Boston Keratoprosthesis is useful for the treatment of severe Candida keratitis after PKP (Poster) – Masuo Sakamoto
12:40 Discussion (25 mins)

1:05-2:00 LUNCH

Session 5 Glaucoma – Moderators: Michael Banitt & Giancarlo Falcinelli

2:00 Key points for the implant of glaucoma drainage devices at time of Boston Keratoprosthesis surgery – Carolina Pallás
2:10 Viable alternative site for drainage of ocular fluid in glaucoma patients with KPro Type II or MOOKP – V. K. Aakalu
2:20 Discussion (10 mins)

Session 6 Retroprosthetic Membranes – Moderators: Michael Belin & Masahiko Fukuda

2:30 Retroprosthetic membranes (RPM) following Boston KPros: Why do they form and how can we prevent them? – Kathryn Colby
2:40 “Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Parts around the Stem? …The Shadows Know: Anterior Segment OCT investigation of Donor Corneal Melt and Retroprosthetic Membrane in a Patient with Boston Type I Keratoprosthesis” – Mary K Daly
2:50-2:55 Characterization of Retroprosthetic membrane by anterior segment OCT following Boston Type I KPro (Poster) – Kavitha R Sivaraman
2:55 Discussion (10 mins)

Session 7 Vitreoretinal Surgery – Moderators: Audina Berrocal & Yale Fisher

3:05 Vitreoretinal surgery in patients with Boston Keratoprosthesis and OOKP/OKP – Jeroni Nadal
3:15 Vitreoretinal Surgery and Retina Care in Boston Keratoprosthesis Type I Patients: The University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary Experience – FY Chau
3:25 The role of vitreoretinal surgery in eyes before, during and after implantation of permanent keratoprosthesis –Pukhraj Rishi
3:35 Pearls of Vitreoretinal surgery in patients with KPros – Audina Berrocal
3:45 Discussion (20 mins)

Session 8 Imaging KPros – Moderators: Jose De La Cruz & Jean-Marie Parel

4:05 Imaging for assessment of eyes with implanted Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis – Carolina Pallás
4:15 Angle closure after Boston Keratoprosthesis (OCT) – JF Panarelli
4:25 RTVue CAM Anterior Segment OCT Imaging of Relationship of Epithelium and Frontplate of Boston Type I KPro – Mary K Daly
4:35-4:45 Boston Keratoprosthesis Type 1 Device/Graft/Host Interfaces Evaluated by High-Definition Spectral-Domain Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography (Poster) – Ana GA Fernandez
4:45 Serial analysis of iris behavior and angle status using anterior segment optical coherence tomography following Boston Keratoprosthesis Type 1 – Joann J Kang (presented by Maria Soledad Cortina)
5:05 Discussion (20 mins)

Session 9 Novel Instruments, Devices, and Techniques – Moderators: Bernard Duchesne & Konrad Hille

5:25-5:30 A novel instrument to increase efficiency and improve contouring of MOOKP osteo-odonto lamina (Poster) – Yoh Sawatari
5:30 Telemetric IOP measurement for Keratoprosthesis – Samir Melki
5:40 Femtosecond laser assisted KPro (Boston KPro) – Luca Menabuoni
5:50-5:55 Argon Laser Iridoplasty for Optic Obstruction in Boston Keratoprosthesis (Poster) – Johann J Kang (presented by Ahmad A. Aref)
5:55 Discussion (10 mins)

6:05 Wrap-up & Announcements – Michael Belin, Deborah Sweeney, Jean-Marie Parel
6:10 End

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