Objectives: Upon completion of this conference the resident/student should have an understanding of surgery of the ocular surface and should be able to:

• Review the principles of corneal and conjunctival wound healing
• Review the mechanisms by which the ocular surface is maintained and responds to injury
• Describe the indications, preoperative evaluation, surgical technique and potential complications of
  • conjunctival biopsy
  • tarsorrhaphy
  • pterygium excision
  • conjunctival transplantation
  • limbal transplantation
  • conjunctival flap creation
  • mucous membrane grafting
  • superficial keratectomy and corneal biopsy
  • management of descemetocele, corneal perforation and corneal edema
  • corneal tattooing

Assignment: Please read Chapter 15 Introduction to Surgery of the Corneal Surface and Chapter 14 Surgical Procedures of the Corneal Surface in the Cornea Section of the BCSC series.