An intensive course designed to build your cataract surgery skills from the ground up—covering phaco basics, capsulorhexis, power and fluidics control, OVD strategies, nucleus division, IOL implantation, and first-case preparation—then advancing to efficient chopping techniques for harder lenses.

The attendee will the advanced techniques of Phacoemulsification and how to manipulate machine settings accordingly. This module will highlight the optical basics of spherical and aspheric IOLs, and when to implant a single-piece or a three-piece IOL. The attendee will learn how to manage the incidence of the open posterior capsule and how to adjust the vitrectomy settings.
They will learn how to differentiate between toxic anterior segments syndrome (TASS) and endophthalmitis and management for each of them.

This module will discuss managing cataracts in challenging situations. The attendee will learn tips to manage cataracts in challenging scenarios like small pupils, rock-hard cataracts, white cataracts, cataracts with zonular weakness, including trauma, and many more. Biometry in usual and unusual conditions like keratoconus and post-laser vision correction will be covered. In addition, the course will discuss the applications of femtosecond lasers in cataract surgery and new devices to perform rhexis and mechanical disassembly of the nucleus for safer phacoemulsification in particular situations.

In this module, the optical principles of the current different presbyopia-correcting IOLs will be covered in detail. The attendee will learn how to choose the presbyopia-correcting IOLs for the right patient in a systematic way. With the increasing global demands for spectacle independence, the candidate will learn tips and surgical plans with toric, trifocal, and extended depth of focus IOLs.

This is the most advanced module. It covers two important topics: advanced IOL fixation techniques and the management of traumatic cataracts. All IOL fixation techniques will be discussed, including iris-claw, Carlevale, Glued, Intrascleral haptic fixation, and Flanged fixation techniques. In the traumatic part, the audience will learn the management of subluxated traumatic cataracts, pupilloplasty and iridoplasty, and artificial iris.