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Refractive Surgery Didactic Course

Saturday 13 September
08.30 – 17.30
Cost: €250

The Refractive Surgery Didactic Course gives an overview of various techniques currently available and covers the established techniques in
detail. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for completing the course and a CD-ROM of the course presentations. Surgical skills
training courses on refractive procedures will also take place during the Congress.

YOU MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THE CONGRESS IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COURSE.

PART 1

08.30	J.T. Holladay USA Corneal topography and IOL power calculation
08.55	D.S. Siganos GREECE Patient selection and preoperative preparation
09.10	T. Kohnen GERMANY Incisional and coagulative corneal procedures: Principles, technique and results
09.20	G. Kymionis GREECE Lasers in refractive surgery
09.35	J. Krumeich GERMANY Overview of microkeratomes
09.55	R. Bellucci ITALY LASIK – surgical technique
10.15	Break
10.35	T. Seiler SWITZERLAND Surface Ablation Techniques (SATs): Surgical technique
10.55	D. Epstein SWITZERLAND Results of corneal refractive surgery
11.15	J. Colin FRANCE Intrastromal corneal implants
11.25	A. Marinho PORTUGAL Overview of phakic IOLs
11.45	E. Rosen UK Refractive Lens Exchange
12.05	O. Findl AUSTRIA Multifocal IOLs
12.15	G. Grabner AUSTRIA Presbyopia
12.35	Questions and answers
13.00	Break

PART 2

14.00	E. Sideris UK Code of conduct
14.10	R. Applegate USA Quality of vision evaluation
14.30	C. Roberts USA Biomechanics of the cornea
14.50	J.L. Güell SPAIN Refractive reoperations and enhancements
15.10	J.L. Alió SPAIN Customised ablational procedures
15.25	Break
15.45	M.C. Knorz GERMANY Non-optical complications of LASIK and corneal surgery
16.10	V. Katsanevaki GREECE Optical complications of refractive surgery
16.25	R. Nuijts NETHERLANDS Complications of phakic IOLs
16.45	Questions & answers
17.30	End of Course