Instructional Courses

Instructional Courses

All Instructional Courses at the Paris Congress will be Free of Charge.
It is not necessary to register for these courses.

• 14 September 2019
  16:00-18:00

• IC 28
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  Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery: time to shine Pre Requisite Course

  Leader: K. Mansouri | Course Level: Basic

• Faculty:    Z. Khoueir   B. Pajic   F. Ruefer   S. Dorairaj   A. Tatham  

  This is a pre-requisite course for the wetlab(s): Modern MIGS Techniques For Beginners

  COURSE DESCRIPTION: : There is a plethora of new glaucoma surgery techniques, often grouped under the umbrella term "MIGS". This course will present a video- and evidence-based overview of new techniques and devices for minimally-invasive glaucoma surgery.The course is sub-divided in Schlemm's canal-based techniques, those that address the subconjunctival route, and alternative methods. Surgical indications foreach technique will be discussed. Videos will illustrate surgical technique andpotential complications. Results and management of complications will be presented. There will be a panel discussion at the end of the course which will review practical cases and give recommendations.
  
  COURSE OBJECTIVES: : Provide an overview on modern glaucoma surgery techniques and enableattendees to chose the appropriate surgical technique for his skill set andsetting.This course provides the theoretical basis for our MIGS wetlab.
  
  COURSE SCHEDULE:
  
  Moderators: Kaweh Mansouri and Ziad Khoueir Overview of the MIGS landscape (10') Kaweh Mansouri, Montchoisi Clinic (Lausanne, Switzerland) 1. Schlemm’s canal based approaches: 1) High frequency deep sclerotomy (HFDS) (10+2’), Bojan Pajic, ORASIS (Reinach, Switzerland) 2) Kahook Dual Blade (10+2’), Syril Dorairaj, Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville, FL, USA) 3) ABiC and GATT (10+2’), Andrew Tatham, University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK) 2. Trabecular bypass: iStent (10+2’), Florian Ruefer, Bellevue Clinic (Kiel, Germany) 3. Subconjunctival route: 1) Microshunt (10+2’), Kaweh Mansouri, Montchoisi Clinic (Lausanne, Switzerland) 2) XEN Gel Stent, Mario Economou, Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden) 4. Cyclodestruction: 1) Micropulse (10+2’), Ziad Khoueir, Beirut Eye and Ear Hospital (Beirut, Lebanon) Challenging Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – 25’ SINGLE PRODUCT COURSE: No
  
  FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: research is funded, fully or partially, by a competing company, travel has been funded, fully or partially, by a competing company