Young Ophthalmologists Programme SATURDAY 10 September 2005 09.00 – 16.00
Cataract
Preparation of the Patient
P.J. Nielsen DENMARK General assessment Anaesthetic assessment: Type of anaesthesia for type of patient
J. Bolger UK Biometry
V. de Groot BELGIUM Type of incision; type of IOL
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Discussion
Peroperative Complications
O. Findl AUSTRIA Iris prolapse; ruptured posterior capsule
P. Barry IRELAND Zonule dialysis; dropped nucleus
Session Discussants: R. Packard UK ; U. Stenevi SWEDEN
Special Cases
V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA White cataract; small pupil; pseudoexfoliation
C. Zetterstrom SWEDEN Cataract surgery in children
Video Presentations
P. Fonseca PORTUGAL Routine case (5 minute video followed by discussion)
S. Kaynak TURKEY Complicated case (5 minute video followed by discussion)
Session Discussants: C. Budo BELGIUM ; R. Osher USA
Break
Refractive
V. Katsanevaki GREECE Patient assessment
J. Holladay USA Topography: Understanding and using it
P. Condon IRELAND LASIK: Indications, techniques and complications
D. Epstein SWITZERLAND PRK, Epi-LASIK, LASEK: The right technique for the right indication
S. Daya UK Flap-related complications
D. Chitkara UK Phakic IOLs
V. Katsanavaki GREECE Routine case LASIK (5 minute video followed by discussion)
I. Aslanides GREECE Complicated case LASIK (5 minute video followed by discussion)
Session Discussants: P. Condon IRELAND P. Fagerholm SWEDEN
Guest Lecture
R. Stegmann SOUTH AFRICA Glaucoma surgery in review
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