Course 9: Vitrectomy 101 (Sponsored by Jamjoom)
Course 9: Vitrectomy 101
Mohammed Ghoneem
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Ahmed Souka, Egypt Basic principles and parameters of the vitrectomy machine (cut-rate, vacuum, duty cycle and gauges) |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Monsef Kharboush, Egypt Viewing systems and how to use them? (BIOM, resight, contact lenses) -Vitreoretinal instruments and their uses |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Khaled Fathy, Egypt Basic steps of vitrectomy_ (trocar and cannula insertion, core and shave vitrectomy, PVD induction, dyes used in vitrectomy) |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Mohamed El Massry, Egypt Intraocular tamponades (best tamponade for each case, science behind tamponade use, silicone oil injection and removal, gas injection) |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Mostafa El Manhaly, Egypt Basics of diabetic vitrectomy (instrumentation and viewing, pvd in diabetics, delamination segmentation and bleeding control) |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Mohammed Ghoneem, Egypt Basics of vitrectomy for RRDS (instrumentation and viewing, choice of cases, PVD induction, subretinal fluid drainage and tamponade choice) |
