Mastering Endothelial Keratoplasty

Anatomy of the cornea.- History of endothelial keratoplasty .-Penetrating and endothelial keratoplasty.- Endothelial versus penetrating keratoplasty.- Evaluation of the graft and tissue preparation for modern endothelial keratoplasty.- Role of optical coherence  tomography.- Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (dsaek).- Ultrathin dsaek.- Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (dmek).- Unfolding techniques for the dmek-graft.- The pdek bubble.- Descemet's endothelial keratoplasty (pdek).- Endoilluminator assisted descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (e-dmek) .- Air pump assisted dmek/ pdek.- Descemet's membrane endothelial transfer (dmet).

Dr. Soosan Jacob, MS, DNB, FRCS (Glasg), MNAMS, FERC is a Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist and Head of the Department of Cornea & Refractive Surgery and Orbit & Oculoplasty in Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital, Chennai, India. She is a gold medalist in Ophthalmology. She has won many (34) international awards for her video films at prestigious international conferences in the USA (American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Academy of Ophthalmology), Europe (World Ophthalmology Conference, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery), has the rare distinction of winning the prestigious Golden Apple award for Most Outstanding Case in Complications and Challenging Cases Symposium in Cataract Surgery twice. She has authored numerous peer reviewed publications (45) as well as more than 185 chapters in 28 textbooks by international and national publishers and is also the editor for 11 textbooks in Ophthalmology. She is a reviewer for prestigious journals like Eyeand Journal of Ophthalmology. She is amongst the senior faculty and a trainer for the DNB (Diplomate of National Board) postgraduate training programme and phacoemulsification training programme for overseas doctors. She heads the National as well as International training programme in the Institute for Cornea & Refractive and Oculoplastics.