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Refractive Surgery Didactic Course

FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY
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
MODERATORS: D. Epstein SWITZERLAND
T. Kohnen GERMANY
  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 T. Kohnen GERMANY
Incisional and coagulative corneal procedures:
Principles, technique and results
  08.50 G. Kymionis GREECE
Lasers in refractive surgery
  09.05 J. Krumeich GERMANY
Overview of microkeratomes
  09.25 M.C. Knorz GERMANY
LASIK - surgical technique
  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 M.C. Knorz GERMANY
Overview presentation
  11.45 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
  12.30 BREAK


PART 2
MODERATORS: A. Marinho PORTUGAL
C. Roberts USA
  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 M.C. Knorz GERMANY
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