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