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