Cataract Surgery Didactic Course

This course is EBO accredited - click here for more information

Friday 20 February | 14.30 – 17.00

Chairpersons: R. Packard UK, P. Rosen UK

PART 1: IN THE BEGINNING………

• 14.30
• Z. Biro HUNGARYThe pilot and the cataract surgeon – avoiding complications
• 14.45
• A. Prinz AUSTRIA What do I want from my trainer?
• 15.00
• P. Rosen UK The ergonomics of cataract surgery
  - Patient flow
  - Organising the operating room
  - Setting up microscope
  - Draping and anaesthesia
• 15.20
• V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA The capsule
  - Basic ergonomics
  - Use of needle and forceps
  - Staining
  - Tear out recovery
  - Posterior capsulorhexis
  - Management of PCO including YAG laser surgery
• 15.40
• W. Haigis GERMANY Biometry - Precision IOL calculations
  - Principles
  - Technology
  - Formulae
  - Post refractive surgery calculations
• 15.55
• M. Adams UKIncisions: Creating the perfect wound
  - Temporal vs superior
  - Corneal vs scleral  
  - Knife technology
• 16.25
• Z. Biro HUNGARYViscoelastics; creating space – protecting tissue
• 16.45
• P. Rosen UK Post-operative ametropia correction: laser refractive surgery
• 17.00
• End of Session

Saturday 21 February | 08.00 – 12.30

Chairpersons: R. Packard UK, P. Rosen UK

PART 2: NEXT STEPS……

• 08.00
• R. Packard UK 21st century phaco dynamics
  - Physics
  - Pump mechanisms
  - Tip Technology
  - Power and delivery
• 08.40
• B. Malyugin RUSSIA, R. Packard UK, V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA,
  P. Rosen UK, I. Dekaris CROATIA  Complications and complex cases: advanced phaco techniques
  - White/hard cataracts  
  - Phaco chop
  - Small pupils and IFIS
  - Short vs long eyes
  - Subluxed crystalline and pseudophakic lenses
  - Vitreous loss/PC tear
  - Dropped nucleus
  - Intraocular lenses with no capsule
• 10.15
• Break
• 10.30
• Z. Nagy HUNGARY Femtosecond lasers and cataract surgery
  - How does it work
  - What will it do
  - Results
• 10.45
• F. Hengerer GERMANYFemto phako for complex cases
• 11.00
• D. Spalton UK Intraocular lens design
  - Optic design
  - Haptic design
  - Asphericity
  - Materials
  - Biocompatibility
  - New designs
• 11.20
• O.Findl AUSTRIA Presbyopia correction with intraocular lenses
  - Monovision
  - Bifocal
  - Multifocal
• 11.40
• B. Frueh SWITZERLAND Intraoperative correction of astigmatism:  toric intraocular lenses
  - Indications
  - Pre-op assessment
  - Use of intraoperative imaging devices            
  - Post-op fine tuning
• 11.55
• P. Stodulka CZECH REPUBLIC Introperative correction of astigmatism: laser and knife incisions
• 12.10
• M. Amon AUSTRIASupplementary lenses
• 12.20
• Wrap-up
• 12.30
• End of session