Description

This course focuses on practical, hands-on surgical training in the wet labs, where state-of-the-art machines, hand instruments, and disposables are provided. This approach is recognized as the most effective way for surgeons to familiarize themselves with the equipment.

Course Topics – Phaco

Principles of microsurgery
Wound construction
Incision techniques
Capsulorhexis and hydrodissection
Machine setup and parameters
Lens dismantling
Managing small pupils and weak zonules
Complication management
Strategy for complex cases
IOL insertion
Suturing
Anterior vitrectomy
Psychology of young cataract surgeons and their mentors
The future of cataract surgery

Course Topics – Vitrectomy

Machine technology
Basic surgical steps
Combined surgery
Tamponades
Management of complicated cataract surgery
Retinal detachment surgery
Trauma surgery
Management of intraoperative complications
Virtual training