Symposia
Friday 20 February | 17.00 – 18.30
Management of Keratoconus
Chairpersons: D. O’Brart UK, O. Yilmaz TURKEY
- 17.00
- S. Tuft UK Defining keratoconus and its progression
- 17.10
- E. Toker TURKEY Whatever happened to the contact lens as a therapeutic modality?
- 17.20
- Discussion
- 17.30
- F. Hafezi SWIZERLAND Should cross-linking be the preferred initial treatment for keratoconus?
- 17.40
- A. Kanellopoulos GREECE What are the indications for combining cross-linking with PRK?
- 17.50
- Dissusion
- 18.00
- O. Ucakhan TURKEY How do intrastromal rings fit into the management strategy?
- 18.10
- J. Alio SPAIN The role of IOLs in treating the visual disability
- 18.20
- Dissusion
- 18.30
- End of Session
Saturday 21 February | 11.30 – 13.00
Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis
Chairpersons: P. Barry IRELAND, S. Kaynak TURKEY
- 11.30
- Y. Akova TURKEY The benefit of pre- and/or postoperative drops in endophthalmitis prophylaxis
- 11.40
- U. Stenevi SWEDEN The connection between intravitreal injections and endophthalmitis
- 11.50
- Discussion
- 12.00
- L. Cordoves SPAIN Worldwide adoption of the intracameral approach
- 12.10
- T.K. ChanSINGAPORE The American conversion to the intracameral strategy
- 12.20
- A. Özcan TURKEYThe status of commercially-produced Cefuroxime in Turkey
- 12.30
- Discussion
- 12.40
- Case report and panel discussion
- 13.00
- End of Session
Saturday 21 February | 16.30 – 18.00
Evolving Refractive Surgery
Chairpersons: S. Morselli ITALY, E. Tasindi TURKEY
- 16.30
- D. Gatinel FRANCE Is there still a place for the mechanical microkeratome?
- 16.40
- B. Cochener FRANCE The Femto LASIK flap: shape, thickness and accuracy
- 16.50
- Discusison
- 17.00
- J. Guell SPAIN Intrastromal treatments: is this the future of corneal refractive surgery?
- 17.10
- G. Grabner AUSTRIA The intrastromal pocket approach for intracorneal inlays
- 17.20
- Discussion
- 17.30
- I. Pallikaris GREECE Is surface ablation likely to survive?
- 17.40
- R. Bellucci ITALY Femtolaser cataract surgery: improving the predictability of arcuate incisions
- 17.50
- Discussion
- 18.00
- End of session
Sunday 22 February | 11.30 – 13.00
Cataract Surgery in Difficult Eyes
Organised by the Young Ophthalmologists Committee
Chairpersons: S. Barisic SERBIA, O. Muftuoglu TURKEY
- 11.30
- B. Aslan TURKEY Cataract surgery in eyes with weak zonules
- 11.40
- R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS Managing the procedure in the presence of corneal pathology
- 11.50
- Discussion
- 12.00
- H. Kaymak GERMANY The impact of cataract surgery on macular disease
- 12.10
- B. Malyugin RUSSIA Handling the small pupil and IFIS
- 12.20
- Discussion
- 12.30
- T. Rudolph SWEDEN Cataract surgery in the glaucomatous eye
- 12.40
- O. Findl AUSTRIA Phaco in moderate to high myopia
- 12.50
- Discussion
- 13.00
- End of session
