Surgical Advances and New Management for Keratoconus Patients [95146-TD / 95147-TD]

[Brandon Ayres]

SURGICAL ADVANCES AND NEW MANAGEMENT FOR KERATOCONUS PATIENTS
Brandon Ayres, MD & Clark Y. Chang, OD, MSA, MSc, FAAO

Keratoconus (KCN) carries devastating visual consequences. It's imperative for optometrists to help patients navigate through new surgical and non-surgical advances to maximize clinical outcome across different disease stages. This course will discuss the most current KCN treatments and perioperative considerations, including cataract management, tissue addition keratoplasty and wavefront guided optics.
Objectives:
1) Understand the clinical applications of corneal tissue addition keratoplasty (CTAK)
2) Understand the peri-operative considerations for cataract surgery in keratoconus patients
3) Understand new combo approach with CTAK and cataract surgery to optimize refractive outcomes
4) Understand the clinical applications of wavefront-guided optics in managing keratoconus patients

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CEwire2025 Live Dates: January 26, April 6, June 8, September 7, 2025
Time: 4:30PM - 5:30PM ET
Location: Virtual Room 4
Credit Hours: 1
Synchronous COPE ID: 95146-TD
Asynchronous COPE ID: 95147-TD
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[Clark Y Chang]

SURGICAL ADVANCES AND NEW MANAGEMENT FOR KERATOCONUS PATIENTS
Brandon Ayres, MD & Clark Y. Chang, OD, MSA, MSc, FAAO

Keratoconus (KCN) carries devastating visual consequences. It's imperative for optometrists to help patients navigate through new surgical and non-surgical advances to maximize clinical outcome across different disease stages. This course will discuss the most current KCN treatments and perioperative considerations, including cataract management, tissue addition keratoplasty and wavefront guided optics.
Objectives:
1) Understand the clinical applications of corneal tissue addition keratoplasty (CTAK)
2) Understand the peri-operative considerations for cataract surgery in keratoconus patients
3) Understand new combo approach with CTAK and cataract surgery to optimize refractive outcomes
4) Understand the clinical applications of wavefront-guided optics in managing keratoconus patients

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CEwire2025 Live Dates: January 26, April 6, June 8, September 7, 2025
Time: 4:30PM - 5:30PM ET
Location: Virtual Room 4
Credit Hours: 1
Synchronous COPE ID: 95146-TD
Asynchronous COPE ID: 95147-TD
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Hi everyone, Brandon and I believe our new lecture covering surgical and non-surgical advancements for keratoconus patients will be very interesting and fun. We hope you will join us at this lecture. Thanks! -Clark