Keratoconus: what's new, what to watch for, how to manage with eyedrops and contact lenses.
Date: 11/11/2025 (AEDT)
Venue: Rydges Darling Square 72 Liverpool St, Sydney NSW 2000, NSW, 2000
Provider: Cornea & Contact Lens Society of Australia
Contact: CCLSA Secretary, [E] info@cclsa.org.au, [P] 02 9431 8676
Activity Outline
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This face-to-face evening dinner event will cover topics on Keratoconus: what's new, what to watch for, how to manage with eyedrops and contact lenses. Limited seating so get in quick if you want your chance to ask the experts in our interactive session: Therapeutic interactive points are on offer!
Dr Alison Chiu will cover:
● Surgical options and new treatments for Keratoconus and Pellucid Marginal Degeneration. ● Pre op and post op therapeutic management of keratoconic patients ● CAIRS and its relevance to contact lens fitting ● Implantable Contact Lenses for keratoconic patients. ● Visual rehabilitation for dry eyes and ocular surface disease, as well as contact lens intolerant patients.
Dr Tanya Trinh will cover:
● What can go wrong, what do we need to know, and what can we do about it. ● Therapeutic management of complications ● CAIRS- the infections, the explants, and the results of case studies ● Topography-guided Photorefractive Keratectomy (TG-PRK) is a laser procedure combined with Corneal Collagen Crosslinking (CXL) that is used to treat keratoconus, how it works and the results.
Learning Objectives
- To understand what CAIRS is and how the procedure benefits patients with keratoconus
- Be able to identify suitable candidates for CAIRS as well as contraindications
- Know how to manage patient expectations for the procedure including post-operative maintenance and care
- Develop a better understanding on managing corneal conditions through surgical and non-surgical procedures
- Understand the criteria for candidates suitable for ICL surgery
- Gain knowledge on the surgical procedure and its indication over other refractive procedures
- Provide advice and ongoing post-operative care to patients
- To understand the time course of ectasia and/or transplant optimisation with respect to post-operative drops, suture removal, revisions, and topography guided laser
- To understand the risks and signs and symptoms concerning contact lens use, wear including transplant rejection, failure and limbal stem cell failure and early treatment initiation
- To understand the role of rehabilitative topography-guided laser in corneal ectasias
Max CPD hours awarded: 2
Session Information
| Name |
|---|
| How best to manage patients with Keratoconus |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 1 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 1 |
| Name |
|---|
| Tips, tricks and pitfalls of keratoconus management |
| Clinical? |
| Yes |
| Interactive? |
| Yes |
| Therapeutic? |
| Yes |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module |
| 1 |
| Duration of CPD Session/Module inclusive of Assessment Component |
| 1. |