SURGICAL SKILLS TRAINING COURSE
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Main Symposia

FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY
SALLE PRINCE PIERRE
17.00 – 19.00

TOPOGRAPHY OR WAVEFRONT-BASED ABLATION

CHAIRPERSONS: T. Kohnen GERMANY
  I. Pallikaris GREECE
   
17.00
P. Vinciguerra ITALY
Custom laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy
17.15
N. Alpins AUSTRALIA
Combining wavefront and topography data for
excimer laser surgery
17.30
C. Roberts USA
Biomechanical customization for the next
generation of laser and refractive surgery
17.45
J.L. Güell SPAIN
Corneal flap thickness and topography changes
induced by the creation of a LASIK flap
18.00
E. Coskunseven TURKEY
Femtosecond laser vs mechanical keratome flaps
in wavefront-guided LASIK
18.15
G. Kymionis GREECE
Topography based corrections for extreme
irregular corneas
18.30
Questions & Answers
19.00
End of session


SATURDAY 11TH FEBRUARY
SALLE PRINCE PIERRE
16.00 – 18.00

MANAGEMENT OF THE POST REFRACTIVE SURGERY UNHAPPY PATIENT

CHAIRPERSONS: P. Rosen UK
  M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM
   
16.00
R. Nuijts NETHERLANDS
Predicting the unhappy patients and managing
their expectations
16.15
A. Bron UK
Dry eyes after laser refractive surgery; myth or
reality?
16.30
I. Tuisku FINLAND
Is there a difference in corneal nerves in dry eye
patients and in patients after refractive surgery?
16.45
V. Katsanevaki GREECE
Glare and night vision disturbances: How to
assess objectively?
17.00
J. Colin FRANCE
Bad flaps and ectasia
17.15
P. McGinn IRELAND
Informed consent
17.30
Questions & Answers
18.00
End of session


SUNDAY 12TH FEBRUARY
SALLE PRINCE PIERRE
11.00 – 13.00


STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE EMMETROPIA AFTER CORNEAL SURGERY

CHAIRPERSONS: E. Rosen UK
  U. Stenevi SWEDEN
   
11.00
T. Neuhann GERMANY
Enhancement by ICL after LASIK
11.15
M. O'Keefe IRELAND
Paediatric applications - current controversies
11.30
D. Epstein SWITZERLAND
PRK after LASIK for enhancement
11.45
W. Crewe-Brown UK
Quality versus quantity - wavefront enhancement
after under correction
12.00
M. Wevill UK
Management of hyperopic overshoot
12.15
J.T. Holladay USA
Prolate ablation for emmetropia and vision quality
12.30
Questions & Answers
13.00
End of session