Instructional Courses
Instructional Courses
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Course Handouts
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11 September 2016
10:30-13:30 - IC 44
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Schlemm's canal surgery: ab-externo and ab-interno (viscocanalostomy and canaloplasty)
Pre Requisite Course
Leader: C. Peckar | Course Level: Advanced
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Faculty: M. Grieshaber V. Jasinskas N. Koerber R. Stegmann
This is a pre-requisite course for the wetlab(s):
COURSE DESCRIPTION: : This course covers the surgical steps in internal draining ab-externoand and ab-interno Schlemm's canal glaucoma surgery with special attention to the procedures of viscocanalostomy and canaloplasty (in which Schlemm's canal is dilated prior to placing a tensioning device or expander in the canal).
COURSE OBJECTIVES: : The course faculty will present their long-term results with ab-externo viscocanalostomy and canaloplasty and early results of ab-interno canaloplasty. The course will also demonstrate how placing a tensioning device, or expander, within the canal, in canaloplasty, reduces IOP in the management of open-angle glaucoma.
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Introduction and history of Schlemm’s canal surgery: C. Peckar (10 mins) Viscocanalostomy and canaloplasty: step by step: C. Peckar (30 mins) Applied micro-anatomy of glaucoma: R. Stegmann (20 mins) Long-term results of viscocanalostomy: M. Grieshaber (15 mins) Long-term results of canaloplasty: (15 mins) Combined with phaco versus separate: (15 mins) Management of complications, value of channelography and results in previous trabeculectomy patients: (25 mins) Glaucoma observations and ‘The way ahead’: R. Stegmann (20 mins) Conclusions: C. Peckar (10 mins) Questions and answers: All Faculty (20 mins)
SINGLE PRODUCT COURSE: Yes
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: One or more of the faculty receives consulting fees, retainer, or contract payments from a company producing, developing or supplying the product or procedure presented, One or more of the faculty research is funded, fully or partially, by a company producing, developing or supplying the product or procedure presented