Online Program & Abstract Book
ACF Medalist Lecture | ACF Lecture (Asia) | Plenary Lecture | Symposium
ACS-JCS Joint Session | Best Selected Paper Session | Awardees
Asia Cornea Foundation Medalist Lecture
Speaker | Friedrich E. Kruse (Germany) |
Asia Cornea Foundation Lecture (Asia)
Speaker | Kohji Nishida (Japan) |
Plenary Lecture
Speaker | Venkatesh N. Prajna (India) Perspectives learnt in the diagnosis and management of fungal keratitis |
Kathryn Colby (USA) Fuchs Dystrophy: Past, Present and Future |
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Naoyuki Maeda (Japan) Past, Present, and Future of Anterior Segment OCT |
Symposium 01 Endothelial Keratoplasty/ Endothelium (I)
Chair | Yuichi Hori (Japan) |
Friedrich E. Kruse (Germany) | |
Francis Price (USA) | |
Special Lecture | Shigeru Kinoshita (Japan) Future Modalities of Treatment on Corneal Endothelial Dysfunction |
Speaker | Francis Price (USA) Intraoperative OCT assisted endothelial keratoplasty |
Vikas Mittal (India) DMEK: Learn How to learn |
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Choun-Ki Joo (Korea) Change of Corneal Thickness after Corneal Endothelial Transplantation (DSAEK) |
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Marianne Price (USA) Long term outcome of endothelial keratoplasty: 15 year DSEK and 10 year DMEK |
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Takeshi Soma (Japan) New Graft Insertion Device for DSAEK |
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Sadeer B. Hannush (USA) Yamane Triple: Endothelial Keratoplasty with Intra-scleral Haptic Fixation IOL |
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Eun Chul Kim (Korea) Donor Preparation in DSAEK and DMEK |
Symposium 02 Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty
Chair | Shiro Amano (Japan) |
Rajesh Fogla (India) | |
Weiyun Shi (China) | |
Special Lecture | Weiyun Shi (China) Decellularized Porcine Cornea versus Human Donor Cornea for Lamellar Keratoplasty |
Speaker | Shigeto Shimmura (Japan) DALK for high risk cases |
Dong Ngoc Pham (Vietnam) Perforated Cornea: Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty can help? |
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Lixin Xie (China) Treatment of fungal keratitis with hyphema and endophthalmitis |
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Tarek Katamish (Egypt) Phacoemulsification through the tough Dua’s layer in BB DALK |
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Wei Chen (China) Elliptical Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty in Acanthamoeba Keratitis |
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Rajesh Fogla (India) Surgical management of Extreme Corneal Ectasia |
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Sadeer B. Hannush (USA) DALK: The Dos and Don’ts |
Symposium 03 Tissue Engineering and Basic Research
Chair | Wei Li (China) Teruo Nishida (Japan) Andrew J. Quantock (UK) |
Special Lecture | James V. Jester (USA) Regulation of Meibocyte Differentiation by PPARg Signaling |
Speaker | Shizuya Saika (Japan) Trigeminal nerve and limbal stem cell |
Andrew J. Quantock (UK) The role of proteoglycans and glycoproteins in corneal function and development |
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Qingjun Zhou (China) Human ESC-derived endothelial precursors rescues corneal endothelial dysfunction |
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Che J Connon (UK) Biomechanical Modulation Therapy for the Treatment of Severe Corneal Burns |
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David Hui-Kang Ma (Taiwan) Cultivated Nasal Mucosal Epithelial Transplantation (CUNMET) : Preclinical Study |
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Wei Li (China) A Novel Tissue Engineered Corneal Stromal Equivalent |
Symposium 04 Inflammatory Eye Diseases/ Allergic Eye Diseases
Chair | Atsuki Fukushima (Japan) |
Vilavun Puangsricharern (Thailand) | |
Alvin L. Young (Hong Kong) | |
Special Lecture | Bennie H. Jeng (USA) Treatment of neurotrophic keratitis |
Speaker | Alvin L. Young (Hong Kong) Long term success for treatment of primay & recurrent pterygia |
Wei-Li Chen (Taiwan) Innovative thinking about managing difficult ocular GVHD |
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Namrata Sharma (India) Management of acute Steven Johnson Syndrome |
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Jong Suk Song (Korea) Ocular surface inflammation associated with air pollution |
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Christopher J Rapuano (USA) Office and minor surgery for ocular surface diseases |
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Masakazu Yamada (Japan) Contact lens discomfort and ocular surface mucins |
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Lingyi Liang (China) Ocular Demodicosis--Myth or Reality? |
Symposium 05 Corneal Imaging/ Optical Assessment
Chair | Marcus Ang (Singapore) |
Choun-Ki Joo (Korea) | |
Akira Murakami (Japan) | |
Special Lecture | Tetsuro Oshika (Japan) Advances in corneal imaging and optical assessment |
Speaker | Takefumi Yamaguchi (Japan) Corneal higher-order aberration (HOA), a novel biomarker in corneal practice |
Geunyoung Yoon (USA) Anisotropic optical and biomechanical properties of the cornea |
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Marcus Ang (Singapore) Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography |
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Sanjay V. Patel (USA) Imaging Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy in Clinical Practice |
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Thomas J.T.P. van den Berg (Netherlands) Straylight problems in cornea conditions often independent from acuity loss |
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Kyoung Yul Seo (Korea) Meibum lipid composition according to tear interferometric patterns |
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Claus Cursiefen (Germany) Mini-DMEK and iOCT guided sutures in acute keratoconus |
Symposium 06 Eye Bank
Chair | Fung-Rong Hu (Taiwan) Ma Dominga B. Padilla (Philippines) Mitsuru Sawa (Japan) |
Special Lecture | Ma Dominga B. Padilla (Philippines) Sustaining Eye Bank Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
Speaker | Jeremy Shuman (USA) History and Future of Non-Profit Eye Banking |
Marian S. Macsai (USA) Bioethics in Eye Banking: The Barcelona Principles |
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Fung-Rong Hu (Taiwan) Use of Corneas from Hepatitis B-Positive Donors for Corneal Transplants |
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Bernie Iliakis (USA) Cornea Cell Therapy and the Future of Eye Banking |
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Mitsuru Sawa(Japan) Japan Eye Bank Association -Past and Present- |
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Berthold Seitz (Germany) Routine donor tomography in the eye bank for improved graft selection |
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Graeme Pollock (Australia) Adverse reactions and early graft follow-up by the eye bank |
Symposium 07 Dry Eye
Chair | Penny Asbell (USA) Zuguo Liu (China) Kazuo Tsubota (Japan) |
Special Lecture | Penny Asbell (USA) What did we learn about dry eye disease from the DREAM clinical trial? |
Speaker | Zuguo Liu (China) Tear based biomarker for the diagnosis of dry eye |
Chi-Chin Sun (Taiwan) Sex difference and discordance of symptoms and signs in dry eye patients |
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Tor Paaske Utheim (Norway) Dry eye disease - an update |
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Norihiko Yokoi (Japan) Tear Film Oriented Diagnosis for Dry Eye |
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Kyung Chul Yoon (Korea) Characteristics and treatment of ocular neuropathic pain associated with dry eye |
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Louis Tong (Singapore) Clinical factors contributing to dry eye symptoms in 2346 patients |
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Victor Caparas (Philippines) Challenges in Establishing a Dry Eye Center in the Philippines |
Symposium 08 Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy and Genetics
Chair | Noriko Koizumi (Japan) |
Sanjay V. Patel (USA) | |
Special Lecture | Sophie X. Deng (USA) Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Distrophy and Genetics |
Speaker | Yoshinori Oie (Japan) What affects visual function in FECD patients? |
Naoki Okumura (Japan) Potential Pathophysiology of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy |
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Keith H. Baratz (USA) The Genetics and Inheritance Pattern of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy |
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Ula V. Jurkunas (USA) Paradoxical cell cycle arrest leads to pro-migratory phenotype in Fuchs dystrophy |
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Sanjay V. Patel (USA) Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy |
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Winston W Y Kao (USA) Gene Therapy of MPS VII with CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing and ScAAV-βGlu Vectors |
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Jodhbir Mehta (Singapore) Gene Therapy for FECD in Asia? |
Symposium 09 Corneal Infection
Chair | Hiroshi Eguchi (Japan) |
Venkatesh Prajna (India) | |
Elmer Y. Tu (USA) | |
Special Lecture | David Hwang (USA) Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Ophthalmology in San Francisco |
Speaker | Lalitha Prajna (India) Future in the diagnosis of infectious keratitis |
Hiroshi Eguchi (Japan) Infectious keratitis caused by rare microorganism |
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Vilavun Puangsricharern (Thailand) Pythium Keratitis in Thailand: factors associated with prognosis |
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Ruben Lim Bon Siong (Philippines) Infectious Crystalline Keratopathy Revisited |
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Yoshitsugu Inoue (Japan) Pathogenesis of Cytomegalovirus Corneal Endotheliitis |
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Sally S. Atherton (USA) HSV: Innate Immunity in the Anterior Segment |
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Elmer Y. Tu (USA) Endothelial Keratoplasty Infections: Prevention and Management |
Symposium 10 Stem Cell & Ocular Surface Reconstruction
Chair | Kohji Nishida (Japan) |
Scheffer Tseng (USA) | |
Virender Singh Sangwan (India) | |
Special Lecture | Kohji Nishida (Japan) Development of iPS cell-based therapy for limbal stem cell deficiency |
Speaker | Jun Shimazaki (Japan) Cultivated Cell Sheet Transplantation for Total Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency |
Paolo Rama (Italy) Holoclar®: approved stem cell therapy for limbal stem cell deficiency |
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José A.P. Gomes (Brazil) Alphabet Soup of Ocular Surface Reconstruction |
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Geetha Iyer (India) Mucous membrane grafting in SJS |
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Scheffer Tseng (USA) HC-HA/PTX3 from Amniotic Membrane as a Surrogate Novel Limbal Niche Matrix |
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Virender Singh Sangwan (India) Management of Bilateral LSCD |
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Tsutomu Inatomi (Japan) Cultivated Epithelial Transplantation, COMET & CLET |
Symposium 11 Penetrating Keratoplasty/ Complex K/ Keratoprosthesis
Chair | Richard Abbott (USA) |
Yu-Feng Yao (China) | |
Special Lecture | Anthony Aldave (USA) Long term international outcomes of the Boston Type I Keratoprosthesis |
Speaker | Johan Hutauruk (Indonesia) Keratoplasty with femtosecond laser: the pros and cons |
Anshu Arundhati (Singapore) Long term corneal graft outcomes in the Singapore Corneal Transplant Registry |
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Tommy CY Chan (Hong Kong) Survival of primary penetrating keratoplasty in children |
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Geetha Iyer (India) Type 2 Kpros in End Stage Ocular Surface Disorders |
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Charles NJ McGhee (New Zealand) Anterior Segment Reconstruction following trauma |
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Christopher Liu (UK) Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis for treatment of end stage corneal blindness |
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Yu-Feng Yao (China) Intraoperative OCT Monitoring DALK Performed by PAVED Technique |
Symposium 12 Endothelial Keratoplasty/ Endothelium (II)
Chair | Sadeer B. Hannush (USA) |
Akira Kobayashi (Japan) | |
Donald Tan (Singapore) | |
Special Lecture | Donald Tan (Singapore) Anterior Segment Reconstruction with the Artificial Iris in Complex DMEKs |
Speaker | Samar K. Basak (India) Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Using Peripherally-trephinated Donor Tissue (DMEK-pD) |
Vincenzo Sarnicola (Italy) New graft injector for DMEK surgery |
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Sophie X. Deng (USA) Surgical techniques and clinical outcomes of DMEK in patients with glaucoma |
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Akira Kobayashi (Japan) Endoilluminator in DMEK |
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Rajesh Fogla (India) Outcome of DMEK in eyes with Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy |
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Friedrich E. Kruse (Germany) Inhibition of ROCK modulates abnormal matrix production in Fuchs' dystrophy |
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Reginald Robert G. Tan (Philippines) DMEK Using Young Donor Corneas |
Symposium 13 Refractive Surgery
Chair | Kimiya Shimizu (Japan) |
Gerard Sutton (Australia) | |
Paolo Vinciguerra (Italy) | |
Special Lecture | Hungwon Tchah (Korea) Refractive surgery for presbyopia |
Speaker | Paolo Vinciguerra (Italy) Excimer custom sequential therapeutic ablation alternative of corneal graft |
Kendrick Shih (Hong Kong) Personality Traits in Patients Undergoing ReLEx SMILE Surgery |
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Sonia H Yoo (USA) Epithelial Ingrowth: Treatment, Recurrence and Long-Term Results |
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Lim Li (Singapore) Laser vision correction with simultaneous corneal crosslinking |
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Kazutaka Kamiya (Japan) Toric Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation for Mild Keratoconus |
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Renato Ambrósio, Jr (Brazil) Enhanced screening for Ectasia Susceptability Prior to Laser Vision Crrection |
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Jagadesh C. Reddy (India) Clinical outcomes after Photorefractive Keratectomy for High Myopia |
Symposium 14 Contact Lens Symposium (ACS-ECLA/JCLS Joint Symposium)
Chair | Bennie H. Jeng (USA) |
Shizuka Koh (Japan) | |
Michelle Rhee (USA) | |
Special Lecture | Motozumi Itoi (Japan) Management of Keratoconus with Hard Contact Lenses |
Speaker | Takashi Suzuki (Japan) Mechanism of Contact Lens Related Keratitis |
Prashant Garg (India) Polymeric drug delivery devices- role in cornea and external diseases |
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Fiona Stapleton (Australia) Features of Contact Lens and Non-Contact Lens Related Corneal Infection |
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Michelle Rhee (USA) Update on Myopia Control: The US Perspective |
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Takahiro Hiraoka (Japan) A Review of Myopia Control by Orthokeratology |
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Deborah Jacobs (USA) Contact Lenses for Ocular Surface Disease |
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Chie Sotozono (Japan) Limbal-Rigid Contact Lens for Stevens-Johnson Syndrome with Ocular Sequelae |
Symposium 15 Keratoconus and Collagen Cross Linking
Chair | Michael W Belin (USA) |
José A.P. Gomes (Brazil) | |
Naoyuki Maeda (Japan) | |
Special Lecture | Michael W Belin (USA) Determining Keratoconus Progression Pre and Post CXL |
Speaker | Berthold Seitz (Germany) Repeatability of Corvis® ST in different keratoconus stages |
Gerard Sutton (Australia) Artifical Intelligence in Keratoconus |
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Riccardo Vinciguerra (Italy) CXL for Progressive Keratoconus: up to 13 years of follow up |
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So-Hyang Chung (Korea) Comparison of pulsed and continuous accelerated corneal crosslinking |
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Shizuka Koh (Japan) Revisiting the effect of corneal GP lenses in keratoconus |
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Vishal Jhanji (USA) Crosslinking for post-LASIK ectasia |
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Rohit Shetty (India) Molecular Understanding of Keratoconus |
ACS-JCS Joint Session
Chair | Shizuya Saika(Japan) |
Zuguo Liu(Chaina) | |
Speaker | Huong Nguyen Viet Duong (Vietnam) The use of long-term preserved corneas for perforated corneal ulcer |
Naoki Okumura (Japan) Immune cells on the donor corneal endothelium after corneal transplantation |
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Ka Wai Kam (Hong Kong) Iris depigmentation in Cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis |
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Tomoyuki Kunishige (Japan) VISTA is crucial for corneal allograft survival and immune privilege |
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Rina La Distia Nora (Indonesia) Effectiveness of serial intrastromal Voriconazole 1% in rabbit fungal keratitis |
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Takashi Omoto (Japan) Endothelial Keratoplasty for Failed Penetrating Keratoplasty |
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Tushar Agarwal (India) Alternatives to Allograft Corneal Transplantation |
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Takenori Inomata (Japan) Immunotherapeutic effects of ripasudil on corneal allograft survival |
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Sharita Rosalyne Siregar (Indonesia) The beneficial of iOCT in endothelial keratoplasty |
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Akitomo Narimatsu (Japan) Blockade of costimulatory CD27/CD70 pathway promotes corneal allograft survival |
Best Selected Paper Session
Chair | Johan Hutauruk(Indonesia) |
Hiroshi Takahashi(Japan) | |
Satoru Yamagami(Japan) | |
Speaker | Le Xuan Cung (Vietnam) Outcomes of Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty with small incision and sutureless |
Norihiko Yokoi (Japan) Detection of tear film breakup immediately post eye opening by videokeratography |
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Jayesh Vazirani (India) Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation - Evolution, Technique & Results |
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Masakazu Yamada (Japan) Pharmacokinetic analysis of 5-FU and tegafur in tears of patients treated with S-1 |
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Vilavun Puangsricharern (Thailand) Eight-Year Outcome of Corneal Transplantation Thailand Retrospective Analysis |
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Mee Kum Kim (Korea) Corneal xenotransplantation |
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Taiichiro Chikama (Japan) Efficacy and safety of photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy for Acanthamoeba keratitis |
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Ngamjit Kasetsuwan (Thailand) Keratoconus: Update and Management |
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Jen-Yu Liu (Taiwan) Long Term Follow Up of Fibrin Glue-Assisted Gunderson Conjunctival flap |
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Chika Shigeyasu (Japan) Severe ocular complications associated with contact lens wear in Japan |
Awardees
AEBA Award | Naoshi Shinozaki |
Saiichi Mishima Award | Yuichi Ohashi |