IC-211 Everything You Need To Know About DALK | ASCRS
Session
IC-211 Everything You Need To Know About DALK
April 2025
Meeting: 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Course Instructor: Enrica Sarnicola, MD
Co-Instructors: Caterina Sarnicola, MD; Vincenzo Sarnicola, MD; Albert Y. Cheung, MD; Sadeer B. Hannush, MD, ABO; Rajesh Fogla, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth, FACS
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Course Description
This video-based course will show how to perform DALK with different techniques: manual dissection, big bubble, peeling off, etc). The pros and cons of each technique will be discussed. The course will also show how to manage different scenarios of intraoperative perforation, postoperative double anterior chamber, and how to deal with challenging cases (i.e., radial keratotomy, descemetocele, previous corneal hydrops, recurrent keratoconus etc.)

Educational Objective
At the conclusion of this course, the attendees will be able to move from PK to DALK, acquiring different DALK techniques and learning hard to manage intraoperative DM ruptures.
2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting Instructional Courses

This 1.5 hour Instructional Course was recorded at the 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA, April 25-28, 2025.