Video: Dr. Terry Kim Discusses Surgical Adhesives in the Context of Ophthalmic Surgery
Video: Dr. Terry Kim Discusses Surgical Adhesives in the Context of Ophthalmic Surgery
Dr. Terry Kim provides his perspective on the 2008 ASCRS meeting in an interview with contributing editor, Dr. Parag Majmudar. High points of the meeting included the wet-labs, film festival and of course, "The Challenge Cup Series" combining education and entertainment. Dr. Kim describes the instructional courses on tissue adhesives that he's been developing with Chris Rapuano, David Ritterband, Herb Kaufman, Richard Copeland, David Hardten, and Sadeer Hannush. Applications of surgical adhesives in ophthalmic surgery include cyanoacrylates for corneal perforations and cataract incisions. Fibrin sealants are used in pterygium (conjunctival autografts and amniotic-membrane transplants) and LASIK complications such as epithelial ingrowth. All adhesives are used off-label, so Dr. Kim has been involved in creating a new adhesive specifically for ophthalmic use: HyperBranch's OcuSeal. Advantages are that it cross-links in 30 seconds, is easy to apply, and provides a microbial barrier as shown by Dr. Francis Mah.