Didactic Content:

Disease Management and Surgical Treatments

• Macular holes
• Macular pucker
• Membranes
• Vitreous opacities
• Retinal tears and detachments
• Dropped crystalline lens/nucleus fragments

Preparing for a Pars Plana Vitrectomy

• Operating room setup/layout
• Preparing the patient/eye
• Define approach and techniques
• Trocar cannula and infusion setups

Vitreous substitutes and Staining Compounds and their use

• Tamponades - physics and clinical indications
  • Air, gas, silicone oil, PFCL
• Stains and adjuncts

Case presentations

Surgical equipment and instruments used in the PPV

• An introduction to vitrectomy consoles and their evolution
• An introduction to Vitrectomy Probes and their evolution
• A deeper dive into the main functions of a vitrectomy console
  • Pumps – advantages and disadvantages
  • Illumination – sources and illumination fibers
  • Infusion systems
  • Viscous Fluid Controllers
  • LASER Systems and wavelengths
  • Endo and LIO
• Viewing systems – contact and non-contact –
  • Types and their advantages and disadvantages
• Hand Instruments
  • Forceps, scissors
• Endocryopexy

Hands-On Content

Dry Lab

Setup CONSTELLATION® Vision System

• Pumps
• Illuminarion
• Fluid Controllers
• Lasers
• Endoillumination and LIO

Viewing systems – Setup and appropriate use (Microscope & BIOM)

Wet Lab

• Preparing for vitrectomy, insertion of trocars, setting up infusion line, core vitrectomy, retinotomy
• Use of perfluorocarbons (heavy liquid), fluid-air exchange, use of dyes, membrane peeling