COS-4 Surgical Teaching Series

COS Surgical Teaching Series (STS) 2013
Alternate IOL fixation strategies: iris and scleral fixation

Saturday June 15, 2013, 1545-1715
Westmount

The COS-STS is a multimedia, practical-based program focused on advances in surgical techniques for the general ophthalmologist. This year's focus is on techniques to IOL placement in the setting of insufficient capsular support.

Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• develop an understanding and improved surgical skills in fixation of intraocular lenses when there is inadequate capsule support. Preoperative evaluation to plan surgical strategies including suturing techniques for iris-suturing, iris-enclavation, scleral suturing, and intrascleral haptic fixation will be discussed. Specific instrumentation will be reviewed.

NOTE: This course is a corresponding didactic course for this year's cataract surgery skills transfer course.