Young Ophthalmologists Programme

This course is EBO accredited - click here for more information

Saturday 17th September
09.00 - 16.00

Chairpersons: O. Findl AUSTRIA, C. Zetterstrom SWEDEN 

• Cataract Surgery – Basic Phaco Course
• 09.00
• O. Findl AUSTRIA, A. Vasavada INDIA
  Basic Phaco Steps
  - Selection
  - Incision
  - Rhexis 
  - Phaco/Fluidics 
• 09.45
• Discussion
• Cataract Surgery – Advanced
• 10.00
• B. Little UK , Philip Bloom UK
  Small pupil, OVDs, capsulorhexis
  (pupil dilation, viscoelastics, radial tears, rhexis save)
• 10.30
• U. Stenevi SWEDEN, C. Zetterstrom SWEDEN
  Corneal and iris complications
• 11.00
• Discussion
• 11.15
• P. Barry IRELAND, B. Malyugin RUSSIA
  Capsule complications, anterior vitrectomy
  (torn capsule, anterior vitrectomy, dropped nucleus) 
• 11.45
• V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA, H. Kaymak GERMANY
  IOL implantation, loose zonules
  (IOL folding, shooters, CTR, angle and iris-fixated-IOL, interesting cases)
• 12.15
• Discussion
• 12.25
• Break
• 13.20
• E. Rosen UK
  Presentation of John Henahan Prize for Young Ophthalmologists
  To include presentation of winning essay
• Refractive Aspects of Lens Surgery
• 13.30
• J. Holladay USA
  Biometry and power calculation
• 13.45
• R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS
  Astigmatism correction
• 14.00
• T. Kohnen GERMANY
  Presbyopia correction
• 14.15
• Discussion
• Decision-making in Refractive Surgery
• CASE REPORTS
• 14.30
• T. Neuhann GERMANY
  Protagonist: the intraocular approach
  
  V. Katsanevaki GREECE
  Protagonist: the corneal approach
• Guest Lecture
• 15.15
• D. Tan SINGAPORE
  Understanding the alphabet soup of lamellar surgery: DALK, DSAEK & Co
• 15.45
• Discussion
• 16.00
• End of session