1st EuCornea Congress

1 st EuCornea
Congress
COURSES/ industry symposia
FRIday 18 June
Venue: Course Room 1
09.30 - 10.30 Corneal cross-linking for the treatment of progressive
keratoconus in children and post-excimer laser
refractive surgery ectasia
P. Vinciguerra ITALY
12.00 - 13.00 SOU-Italian University Professors of Ophthalmology
Ocular Surface Disorders
Chairpersons: S. Bonini italy, M. Nardi italy
Ocular surface allergy
A. Leonardi italy
Cicatricial disorders
P. Aragona italy
Fungal and parasitic corneal ulcers
L. Cerulli italy
13.30 - 15.30 lunch BREAK
15.30 - 16.30 THEA Sponsored Symposium
Ocular Azithromycin, a new antibiotic,
new therapeutic strategies
Ocular infections and topical antibiotic
S. Stefani italy
Pre-operative ocular decontamination, milestone in
endophthalmitis prevention
L. Kodjikian france
Infections prophylaxis in refractive surgery
E. Martini italy
Clinical evidence, new therapeutic approaches and
guidelines up-date
S. Bonini italy
Discussion
Venue: Course Room 2
08.30 - 10.30 Femtosecond laser corneal surgery: from eye bank
to the patient’s eye
L. Mastropasqua ITALY
12.00 - 13.00 Carl Zeiss Innovation Symposium:
New Technolgies in Corneal Surgery
Moderators: L. Mastropasqua Italy, O. Ibrahim Egypt
Speakers: L. Mastropasqua Italy, M. Nubile Italy,
G. Grabner Austria, O. Ibrahim Egypt, J. Güell Spain
13.30 - 15.30 lunch Break
15.30 - 17.30 New and evolving surgical techniques in
endothelial keratoplasty
J. Metha SINGAPORE
17.30 - 18.30 ALCON Sponsored Symposium (in Italian)
Antibiotic Therapy in ocular surface infection:
a new perspective
The medical point of view
P. Nucci italy
The surgical point of view
R. Mencucci italy
16.30 - 18.00 New technologies to explore the cornea and the
anterior segment of the eye
M. Nubile ITALY
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