PCC Rounds- DALK: Management and Long-Term Results of Surgical Complications

 

Joint International Rounds between Precision Cornea Centre (Ottawa, Canada) and Samaya Eye Hospitals (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

Topic: DALK: Management and long-term results of surgical complications

Presenter: Saleh Al Messabi, MD

Date: Tuesday September 15th, 2020

Time: 7:00am – 8:00 am (EDT, UTC -4)

Registration: https://webinar.ringcentral.com/webinar/register/WN_MzCsMNa-QZ6GbhSBEL-0pw

Ottawa Lead: Kashif Baig, MD
Abu Dhabi Lead: Saleh Al Messabi, MD

The Precision Cornea Centre International Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this presentation, the audience should be able to:

1. Understand the indications and advantages of Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty

2. Be familiar with the surgical steps of the procedure

3. Handle different surgical complications

4. Create proper surgical plan to handle special cases like corneal dystrophies, repeat DALK post-intra corneal rings etc.