Surgical Skills Training Courses
FRIDAY 10TH & SATURDAY 11TH FEBRUARY
Cost €130 per course (includes obligatory instructional course)

Director C. Peckar UK

Surgical skills training courses are available during the Meeting. These high communication wetlab course are hands-on, with participants having the opportunity to practice surgical techniques on porcine eyes. In order to enhance the quality of the learning experience and for delegates to achieve as much as possible during the surgical skills training courses, completion of the listed obligatory instructional courses is necessary for participation in the wetlabs.

Participation in the Refractive Surgery Didactic Course fulfills the instructional course requirement for all wetlabs.

Wetlab Topics

LASIK
This course will familiarise ophthalmologists with the assembly and use of various microkeratomes used to create a corneal flap, with special attention to surgical techniques and management of complications. A variety of microkeratomes and an excimer laser will be available for use by the participants. Participants will have the opportunity to create corneal flaps and perform excimer laser ablations on porcine eyes.

Pre-requisite instructional course: Course 1

PRK, LASEK & EPI-LASIK
This course will enable the participant to practice various techniques for handling and removing the corneal epithelium. With the aid of porcine eyes, individual instruction will be given in the use of blade, brush and alcohol, as these tools are applied in PRK to abrade the epithelium prior to excimer treatment. The management of the epithelial flap, which is created in the LASEK procedure, will also be elucidated. The newest refractive procedure, Epi-LASIK, in which a flap is prepared by separating the
epithelium from Bowman’s membrane with a special keratome, will also be demonstrated, using different manufacturers’ units. An excimer laser will be available for practicing surface ablation on the abraded or flap-fashioned porcine eyes.

Pre-requisite instructional course: Course 5

PHAKIC IOLS
These courses will allow the participant the opportunity to handle different phakic IOLs and to practice several implantation techniques. Phakic IOLs presented include ICL, Artisan and Verisyse.

Pre-requisite instructional course: Course 2

INTACS AND KERARINGS
These courses look at the different types of intracorneal rings, the indications for use, particularly keratoconus, and the different techniques for implantation. The latest nomograms will be presented and discussed.

Pre-requisite instructional course: Course 3, 4

Sponsorship

The ESCRS would like to thank the following companies for their support of the Surgical Skills Training Courses: