Instructional Courses

Instructional Courses

All Instructional Courses at the Copenhagen  Congress will be Free of Charge.
It is not necessary to register for these courses.

• Saturday
• Sunday
• Monday
• Tuesday

• 10 September 2016
  14:30-16:30

• IC 12
• 
  Basic phacoemulsification (Part 2) Pre Requisite Course EBO Accredited

  Leader: N. Reus | Course Level: Basic

• Faculty:    A. Chakrabarti   K. Tjia           

  This is a pre-requisite course for the wetlab(s):

  COURSE DESCRIPTION: : These courses are designed for the beginning phaco surgeon. The faculty have a wealth of experience of both phaco and teaching principles. An insight will be offered into what phaco machines do and how, as well as technical details of how to set about the safe removal of cataractous lens.
  
  COURSE OBJECTIVES: : The beginning phaco surgeon should finish this course with an insight into the fundamentals of phacoemulsification, and be in a position to perform the surgery in a more structured and safe fashion.
  
  COURSE SCHEDULE:
  
  N. Reus: Nucleus management, medium cataract, crack techniques (20 mins) N. Reus: Nucleus management, hard cataracts, introduction to chop techniques (10 mins) A. Chakrabarti: Nucleus management, hard cataracts, personal chop techniques (20 mins) A. Chakrabarti: Mature cataracts (10 mins) K. Tjia: Nucleus management, hard cataracts, manual chop techniques (10 mins) A. Chakrabarti: Small pupil management (20 mins) K. Tjia: Posterior capsule rupture management (20 mins) Panel: Questions and answers (10 mins)
  
  SINGLE PRODUCT COURSE: No
  
  FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: None