Clinical debates set tone for symposia at XXI ESCRS Congress in Munich

IT is not too soon to start planning for this year’s XXI ESCRS Congress, which will be held in Munich, Germany in early September.
To whet your appetite, we will be describing some of the ‘must-see’ sessions of the conference in the next few issues.

The four Main Symposia make up the nucleus of the meeting. Each day you will be able to hear a panel of experts discuss a new topic: pseudoexfoliation; quality of vision after cataract and refractive surgery; the next generation of IOLs; and hypermetropia.

Pseudoexfoliation will be featured for the first time as a symposium topic. This is a direct response to requests from our members for more information on the area. These patients present many challenges to cataract surgeons. The fact that the syndrome occurs mostly in Scandinavian and northern European people is reflected in the make-up of the panel, under the co-chairmanship of Finland’s Risto Uusitalo MD and Ahti Tarkkanen MD.

Tero Kivela MD, also from Finland, will discuss the clinical pathology of exfoliation syndrome in relation to cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation.

Charlotta Zetterström MD, St Erik's Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden will review the indications for iris retractors and capsular tension rings and will share pearls on their use. Belgian surgeon Albert Galand MD will describe effective phacoemulsification techniques for this difficult patient group.

Which IOLs should be considered for these patients and which should be avoided? M Kuechle MD, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany will answer these questions.
German surgeon Thomas Neuhann MD will expand the session to include a discussion of penetrating keratoplasty and cataract surgery.

Finally, Etienne Hachet MD, Nancy, France will provide recommendations on what to do in the case of a subluxated lens in the exfoliation syndrome patient.

Online registration for the ESCRS Congress is available at www.escrs.org.

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