Main Symposia
Saturday 7 October 14.00 – 16.00
ESCRS/EuCornea Symposium: The Irregular Cornea
Chairpersons: F. Kruse GERMANY (EUCornea), R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS (ESCRS)
- 14.00
- H. Dua UK The keratoplasty cornea
- 14.15
- T. Kohnen GERMANY Corneal incisions
- 14.30
- Discussion
- 14.40
- L. Spadea ITALY Excimer laser
- 14.55
- J. Murta PORTUGAL Rings
- 15.10
- Discussion
- 15.20
- A. Marinho PORTUGAL Cataract surgery in irregular astigmatism
- 15.35
- J. Guell SPAIN Phakic and add-on IOLs
- 15.50
- Discussion
- 16.00
- End of session
Sunday 8 October - 11.00 – 13.00
Changing Pharmaceutical Treatment Patterns in Cataract Surgery
Chairpersons: O. Findl AUSTRIA, J. Murta PORTUGAL
- 11.00
- E. Donnenfeld USA Sustained drug delivery
- 11.15
- C. Lobo PORTUGAL Getting and maintaining a large pupil
- 11.30
- Discussion
- 11.40
- P. Montan SWEDENAntibiotics revisited
- 11.55
- Y. El-Shabrawi AUSTRIA The uveitic eye
- 12.10
- Discussion
- The PREMED Study
- 12.20
- R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS CME prophylaxis
- 12.35
- L. Wielders THE NETHERLANDS The diabetic eye
- 12.50
- Discussion
- 13.00
- End of session
Monday 9 October - 11.00 – 13.00
Building a New Eye
Chairpersons: D. Epstein SWITZERLAND, B. Malyugin RUSSIA
- 11.00
- I. Brunette CANADA Tissue-engineered cornea
- 11.15
- F. Kruse GERMANY Limbal cell transplantation
- 11.30
- Discussion
- 11.40
- G. Grabner AUSTRIA Keratoprosthesis
- 12.05
- D. Granet USA Regeneration of the crystalline lens
- 12.10
- Discussion
- 12.20
- A.P. Salvetti UK Reconstruction of the outer retina
- 12.35
- V.P. Gabel GERMANY Artificial vision by retinal prosthesis
- 12.50
- Discussion
- 13.00
- End of session
Tuesday 10 October - 11.00 – 13.00
Intrastromal Lenticule Extraction: To smile or to Cry?
Chairpersons: B. Cochener FRANCE, S. Morselli ITALY
- 11.00
- L. Mastropasqua ITALY Lenticule extraction vs LASIK: which does the cornea prefer?
- 11.15
- J. Hjortdal DENMARK Efficacy and predictability compared to standard laser myopia surgery
- 11.30
- Discussion
- 11.40
- J. Mehta SINGAPORE The postoperative quality of vision
- 11.55
- W.J. Dupps USA The impact on corneal biomechanics
- 12.10
- Discussion
- 12.20
- C. Ganem FRANCE Complications and their management
- 12.35
- W. Sekundo GERMANY Early results in hyperopia and astigmatism
- 12.50
- Discussion
- 13.00
- End of session
Wednesday 11 October - 11.00 – 13.00
Six Years On: Is FLACS a Better, Safer Operation than Phaco?
Chairpersons: A. Marinho PORTUGAL, D. Spalton UK
- 11.00
- O. Findl AUSTRIA Capsulotomy
- 11.15
- A. Vasavada INDIA Incisions
- 11.30
- Discussion
- 11.40
- P. Davies AUSTRALIA Surgical complications
- 11.55
- A. Day UK Multicentre Cochrane analysis of FLACS results
- 12.10
- Discussion
- 12.20
- C. SchweitzerFRANCE Evidence from the French Femcat Study
- 12.35
- Z. Nagy HUNGARY The future of FLACS
- 12.50
- Discussion
- 13.00
- End of session
