Instructional Courses

Instructional Courses

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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

• 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