VRS 2005: Wet-Lab

Dry-Lab's
with vitreoretinal training in VRmagic simulator

Systematisches Training in der Glaskörperchirurgie
Systematic training in vitreous retinal surgery

Inkl. CME – Punkte / incl. CME grants

Location:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University hospital,
Frankfurt/Main-Germany
House 22, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt

Maximum participants per Dry-Lab: 24

Dry-Lab A	Thursday, 7th April 2005 09.00 - 13.00 (240 min) From the start up to the posterior hyaloid detachment. We train to open the eye, to orientate in the vitreous cavity and remove the vitreous and the posterior vitreous base

Dry-Lab B	Thursday, 7th April 2005 14.30 - 18.30 (240 min) Instrumentation and ILM Peeling. We test different instruments in a practice eye and transfer our expertise into the simulator for peeling of the ILM

Dry-Lab C	Friday, 8th April 2005 09.00 - 13.00 (240 min) Tips and tricks about: Surgical procedures (we remove blood and tractional membranes, learn to avoid creating holes and lens tough and to laser holes) Illumination principles (we compare small and wide angle observation) The 20 to 25 gauge transition (we compare the different standards) Disease related peeling maneuvers (we peel in different diseases)

Faculty

Sponsors
We would like to thank the following companies for their generous support accomplishing these Dry-labs:

*Acri.Tec GmbH, Henningsdorf, Germany
Alcon Pharma GmbH, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
AMO Germany GmbH, Ettlingen, Germany
Bausch & Lomb GmbH, Feldkirchen, Germany
Geuder AG, Heidelberg, Germany
Insight Instruments, Inc., Stuart, USA
Dieter Mann GmbH, Aschaffenburg, Germany
med_tec Medizintechnik GmbH, Mömbris, Germany
Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany
Synergetics Germany, Berlin, Germany
VRmagic GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany