ISRS/AAO Session


CONGRESS INFORMATION

Plan of Palais des Congres
Tours


Refractive Surgery Didactic Course
Saturday 18th September

Cost of course: €250

BASIC
Moderators D. Epstein SWITZERLAND J. Colin FRANCE

08.30 Course Introduction
08.35 Corneal Topography
J. T. Holladay, USA
08.55 Incisional and coagulative corneal procedures:
Principles, technique and results
T.Kohnen, Germany
09.10 Overview of Microkeratomes
J. H. Krumeich, Germany
09.25 Patient selection and preoperative preparation
D.Siganos, Greece
09.40 LASIK Surgical Technique
T. Kohnen, Germany
10.00 PRK, LASEK and other Surface Ablation
Techniques (SATs)
D. S. Durrie, USA
10.20 Break
10.40 Results of Corneal Refractive Surgery
D.Epstein, Switzerland
11.00 Intrastromal corneal implants
J.Colin, France
11.20 IOL power calculation after corneal
refractive surgery and in phakic IOLs
J. T. Holladay, USA
11.35 Overview of phakic IOLs
A.Marinho, Portugal
12.05 Refractive Lens Exchange
E.Rosen, UK
12.20 Summary presentation
Questions and Answers
13.00 Break
ADVANCED
Moderators: R. Applegate USA; K. Ditzen GERMANY

14.00 Non-optical complications of LASIK and
their management
T. Kohnen, Germany
14.20 Optical complications of refractive surgery
V. Katsanevaki, Greece
14.40 Presbyopia
D.Siganos, Greece
15.00 Complications of phakic IOLs
A.Marinho, Portugal
15.20 Refractive reoperations and enhancements
J.L.Güell, Spain
15.40 Break
16.00 Customised ablation procedures
J.Alió, Spain
16.20 Quality of vision evaluation
R.Applegate, USA
16.40 Biomechnics of the cornea
C.Roberts, USA
17.00 Summary presentation
Questions and Answers
18.00 End of course