Main Symposia

Traumatic Cataract: A Never Ending Story  

Friday 9 February | 17.00 – 18.30

Chairpersons:    S. Barisic SERBIA, B. Malyugin RUSSIA

• 17.00
• O. Findl AUSTRIA Getting the full picture: imaging and metrics of the traumatized eye
• 17.10
• B. Djurovic SERBIA Blunt trauma and zonular instability
• 17.20
• Discussion
• 17.30
• N. Pozdeyeva RUSSIA Iris reconstruction techniques
• 17.40
• G. Scharioth GERMANY Choosing the right implant: IOL options for trauma cases
• 17.50
• Discussion
• 18.00
• F. Kuhn USA Lens injury in the context of severe ocular trauma
• 18.10
• R. Bellucci ITALY Outcomes and rehabilitation after traumatic cataract
• 18.20
• Discussion
• 18.30
• End of session

Combined Cataract Surgery

Saturday 10 February | 11.30 – 13.00

Chairpersons:    B. DjurovicSERBIA, R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS

• 11.30
• I. Dekaris CROATIA Cataract and corneal surgery in Fuchs endothelial dystrophy: when combined? when sequential?
• 11.40
• U. Vossmerbaeumer GERMANY Combined cataract surgery and prosthetic iris implantation
• 11.50
• Discussion
• 12.00
• M. Kontic SERBIA Cataract surgery in the glaucoma patient: when combined? when sequential?
• 12.10
• H. Beckers THE NETHERLANDS Combined cataract surgery and MIGS
• 12.20
• Discussion
• 12.30
• Z. Tomic SWEDEN Macular hole surgery and cataract extraction: combined vs consecutive surgery
• 12.40
• S. Karcic BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Surgical options in the cataract patient with diabetic macular edema
• 12.50
• Discussion
• 13.00
• End of session

Correction of Astigmatism in Cataract Surgery

Saturday 10 February | 16.30 – 18.00

Chairpersons:   N. Reus THE NETHERLANDS, F. Ribeiro PORTUGAL

• 16.30
• S. Marcos SPAIN Effect of astigmatism on visual performance
• 16.40
• G. Savini ITALY Techniques for measuring corneal astigmatism
• 16.50
• Discussion
• 17.00
• T. Ferreira PORTUGAL Posterior corneal astigmatism: estimate or measure?
• 17.10
• N. Visser THE NETHERLANDS Methods to align toric IOLs
• 17.20
• Discussion
• 17.30
• N. Hirnschall AUSTRIA Analysis of astigmatic refractive surprises
• 17.40
• T. Kohnen GERMANY Correcting misaligned toric IOLs
• 17.50
• Discussion
• 18.00
• End of session

Keep Calm: Stress Management During Cataract Surgery
Organised by the Young Ophthalmologists Committee

Sunday 11 February | 09.00 – 10.30

Chairpersons:    V. Diakonis GREECE, O. Findl AUSTRIA
Panellists:           B. Malyugin RUSSIA,  R. Packard UK, V. Pfeifer, SLOVENIA

Experienced Surgeons Under Stress

• 09.00
• R. Packard UK A running out rhexis
• 09.10
• B. Malyugin RUSSIA The constricting pupil
• 09.20
• V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA The wobbling lens
• 09.30
• S. Barisic SERBIA Posterior capsule rupture
• 09.40
• Discussion

Stress control for your next surgery

• 09.50
• M. Severinsen DENMARK (Introduction),
  S. Severinsen DENMARK (Breatheology)
• 10.05
• Discussion

Surgical stress quantified

• 10.15
• S. Palkovits AUSTRIA
• 10.25
• Discussion
• 10.30
• End of session