Refractive Surgery Didactic Course

Friday 2 February
Venue: Conference Room1
08.00 - 17.00

Cost: €250

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 Meeting. You must be registered for the Meeting in order to participate in this course.

Part 1

08.00	J.T. Holladay USA Corneal topography and IOL power calculation
08.25	D.S. Siganos GREECE Patient selection and preoperative preparation
08.40	J. T. Holladay USA LASIK - surgical technique
09.00	T. Kohnen GERMANY Incisional and coagulative corneal procedures: Principles, technique and results
09.10	G. Kymionis GREECE Lasers in refractive surgery
09.25	J. Krumeich GERMANY Overview of microkeratomes
09.45	Break
10.05	T. Seiler SWITZERLAND Surface Ablation Techniques (SATs): Surgical technique
10.25	D. Epstein SWITZERLAND Results of corneal refractive surgery
10.45	J. Colin FRANCE Intrastromal corneal implants
10.55	A. Marinho PORTUGAL Overview of phakic IOLs
11.15	E. Rosen UK Refractive Lens Exchange
11.35	T. Kohnen GERMANY Overview presentation
11.45	Questions & answers
12.30	Break

Part 2

13.30	C. Roberts USA Quality of vision evaluation
13.50	C. Roberts USA Biomechanics of the cornea
14.10	J.L. Güell SPAIN Refractive reoperations and enhancements
14.30	J.L. Alió SPAIN Customised ablational procedures
14.45	Break
15.05	V. Katsanevaki GREECE Non-optical complications of LASIK and corneal surgery
15.30	V. Katsanevaki GREECE Optical complications of refractive surgery
15.45	D.S. Siganos GREECE Presbyopia
16.05	A. Marinho PORTUGAL Complications of phakic IOLs
16.25	Questions & answers
17.00	End of Course