Keratoconus as a childhood disease

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Samer Hamada

The Eye Clinic London, UK

: Int J Ophthalmic Pathol

Abstract

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Keratoconus is an aggressive and progressive disease in younger patients. There is very little known about keratoconus in children. In my presentation, I will show how keratoconus is a childhood disease. I will go through diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment options. I will discuss in details our results in keratoconus in children where we have cross linked more than 60 children with progressive keratoconus. Large proportions of these children are younger than 12 years. I will discuss in details interesting corneal topography findings, methods of diagnosing the disease in small children and epithelial-off off versus epithelial-off on crosslinking in children. Special precautions are essential in treating children which will be highlighted as well.

Biography

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Samer Hamada is an Ophthalmologist and Cornea Surgeon performing eye surgeries at his practice, The Eye Clinic London. With nearly two decades of experience, he is recognized as a leading expert in the field of Cataract, Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) and Corneal Surgeries, and is frequently asked to lecture at International Eye Conferences. He has performed thousands of cataract surgeries and RLE surgeries using the latest technological advancements in ophthalmology. He offers laser cataract surgery with the option of artificial lenses, called intraocular lenses (IOLs), to replace the natural eye lens that has been clouded by a cataract. These IOLs are used for the restoration of near, intermediate and far vision. He is one of the very few eye surgeons who offer trifocal intraocular lens implants.