Council:

• Daniel Mojon
• Thomas Neuhann
• Siegfried Priglinger
• Gerd Auffarth
• Jörg Stürmer
• Ferhat Turgut

Friday 27.10.2023

13:00 – 13:20 INTRODUCTION

• Welcome, Daniel Mojon
• The extraordinary architecture of the Circle: assembly and logistics, Michael Egger

13:20 – 15:00 Preoperative Issues

• Mind your health: ergonomics in the OR, Erik Paas
• Is same-day bilateral cataract surgery safe?, Jörg Stürmer
• Preoperative evaluations to avoid intraoperative difficulties, Siegfried Priglinger
• Inflammation and cataract surgery, Hanna Camenzind
• The right intraocular lens, Oliverio Leandro
• Difficult IOL-calculations, Fabienne Fierz
• Corneal diseases and cataract surgery, Lilly Khamsy

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

15:30 – 16:30 Young Swiss Ophthalmologists: How to become a cataract surgeon

• Fellowship in England – My Experience, Fred Villard
• Tips for the Swiss Ophthalmic Surgeon Exam, Jörg Stürmer
• How to find a good fellowship program, Megir Schawkat

16:30 – 17:30 Anesthesiologic issues

• Preoperative Evaluation for Eye surgery: mandatory vs nice to have, Daniel Reinhard
• Intraoperative Management of Eye Surgery in MAC/Sedation, Leander Sakellaris
• Patients expectations of suffering: how to counter them, Friedrich Lersch
• Psychological Aspects, Daniel Mojon

Roundtable

17:30 – 18:00 BREAK

18:00 – 20:00 Videosession surgical techniques

• How to reduce the rate of PVD after cataract surgery, Daniel Mojon
• Double optic capture, Darius Hildebrand
• What’s happening now?, Siegfried Priglinger
• Toric lenses, Oliverio Leandro
• CCC-Tips, Fabienne Fierz
• The hard nucleous, Lilly Khamsy
• Zonular troubles, Ferhat Turgut

20:00 – 21:00 GET TOGETHER WITH THE EXPERTS

Saturday 28.10.2023

08:00 – 10:00 Rapid fire presentations

• Preopeative disinfection, Jörg Stürmer
• How to determine lentodonesis, Siegfried Priglinger
• How to handle a difficult CCC, Gerd Auffarth
• Tip for children about the IOL, Darius Hildebrand
• Biometry tipps, Oliverio Leandro
• How to avoid anterior capusle fibrosis, Fabienne Fierz
• Sulcus IOL tricks, Lilly Khamsy
• Corneal troubles, Florentina Freiberg
• Mind the macula, Vera Schmit

10:30 – 12:30 Anxiety and postoperative issues

• Working at the front, Alex Kühni
• Going beyond a normal limit: experiences from an extreme alpinist, Daniela Jasper
• Dysphotopsias, Florentina Freiberg
• Vitreomacular traction after cataract surgery, Vera Schmit
• Dealing with postoperative complications, Gerd Auffahrt

12:30 – 13:30 GET TOGETHER WITH THE EXPERTS