Refractive Surgery Didactic Course

Instructional Courses & Wetlabs

This course is EBO accredited - click here for more information

Moderators: D. Epstein SWITZERLAND, G. Kymionis GREECE

08.30
D. Siganos GREECE
Patient selection and preoperative preparation
08.45
G. Kymionis GREECE
Lasers in refractive surgery
09.00
R. Bellucci ITALY
LASIK: surgical technique
09.20
T. Kohnen GERMANY
Incisional and coagulative corneal procedures: principles, technique and results
09.30
J. Krumeich GERMANY
Overview of microkeratomes
09.50
C. Roberts USA
Corneal topography and IOL power calculation
10.15
Break
10.30
J. Hjortdal DENMARK
Surface ablation techniques (SATs): surgical technique
10.50
D. Epstein SWITZERLAND
Results of corneal refractive surgery
11.10
D. Touboul FRANCE
Intracorneal ring segments for ectatic disease
11.20
D. Epstein SWITZERLAND
Refractive lens exchange
11.40
A. Marinho PORTUGAL
Overview of phakic IOLs
12.00
O. Findl AUSTRIA
Multifocal IOLs
12.15
Case report and discussion
12.30
Break

Moderators: V. Katsanevaki GREECE, C. Roberts USA

14.30
G. Grabner AUSTRIA
Presbyopia
14.50
R. Applegate USA
Quality of vision evaluation
15.10
C. Roberts USA
Biomechanics of the cornea
15.30
J. Güell SPAIN
Refractive reoperations and enhancements
15.50
V. Katsanevaki GREECE
Non-optical complications of LASIK and corneal surgery
16.15
Break
16.25
V. Katsanevaki GREECE
Optical complications of refractive surgery
16.40
R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS
Complications of phakic IOLs
17.00
J. Alió SPAIN
Customised ablational procedures
17.15
Case report and discussion
17.30
End of session