The Refractive Surgery Didactic Course gives an overview of various techniques currently available and covers the established techniques in detail. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for completing the course and a CD-ROM of the course presentations. Surgical skills training courses on refractive procedures will also take place during the Congress.
| 08.30 |
C. Roberts USA
Corneal topography and IOL power calculation |
| 08.55 |
D.S. Siganos GREECE
Patient selection and preoperative preparation |
| 09.10 |
T. Kohnen GERMANY
Incisional and coagulative corneal procedures:
Principles, technique and results |
| 09.20 |
G. Kymionis GREECE
Lasers in refractive surgery |
| 09.35 |
J. Krumeich GERMANY
Overview of microkeratomes |
| 09.55 |
M.C. Knorz GERMANY
LASIK - surgical technique |
| 10.15 |
Break |
| 10.35 |
D. Durrie USA
Surface Ablation Techniques (SATs):
Surgical technique |
| 10.55 |
D. Epstein SWITZERLAND
Results of corneal refractive surgery |
| 11.15 |
J. Colin FRANCE
Intrastromal corneal implants |
| 11.25 |
A. Marinho PORTUGAL
Overview of phakic IOLs |
| 11.45 |
E. Rosen UK
Refractive Lens Exchange |
| 12.05 |
M.C. Knorz GERMANY
Overview presentation |
| 12.15 |
Questions & Answers |
| 13.00 |
Break |
| 14.00 |
R. Applegate USA
Quality of vision evaluation |
| 14.20 |
C. Roberts USA
Biomechanics of the cornea |
| 14.40 |
J.L. Güell SPAIN
Refractive reoperations and enhancements |
| 15.00 |
J.L. Alió SPAIN
Customised ablational procedures |
| 15.15 |
Break |
| 15.35 |
M.C. Knorz GERMANY
Non-optical complications of LASIK and
corneal surgery |
| 16.00 |
V. Katsanevaki GREECE
Optical complications of refractive surgery |
| 16.15 |
D.S. Siganos GREECE
Presbyopia |
| 16.35 |
A. Marinho PORTUGAL
Complications of phakic IOLs |
| 16.55 |
Questions & Answers |
| 17.30 |
End of Course |
