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EW SHOW DAILY 64 ASCRS Symposia Saturday, May 6, 2017 by Ellen Stodola EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer instructional courses will include topics like topography-guided abla- tions in regular and irregular eyes, traumatic cataract management, and phacoemulsification in difficult and challenging cases. Tuesday The meeting wraps up on Tuesday, but there are still many interesting sessions to attend. From 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., the symposium "Laser Cataract Surgery 7 Years Later: Questions and Answers" will examine many topics relating to laser cataract surgery, looking at technology, complica- tions, and the literature. Also on Tuesday morning is the popular "X-Rounds" symposium from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., which highlights "re- fractive cataract surgery to the max." There will be a number of paper sessions and instructional courses on Tuesday, including a "Best of the Best" instructional course giving an "Update on Advanced Cataract Surgery" led by Richard Lindstrom, MD, and Steven Schallhorn, MD. EW T his afternoon, the ASCRS Cataract Clinical Com- mittee and the ASCRS Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee will sponsor the symposium "The Surgical Correc- tion of Presbyopia: Optimizing the Available Options." The session will explore surgical treatment options as well as important preoperative and postoperative considerations. Another afternoon symposium will focus on "Management of Compli- cated Cases in Cataract and Re- fractive Surgery" from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. This session will be presented in Spanish. Also from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. is a symposium on IOL power calculation, which will touch on such topics as toric IOLs, strategies for the post-refractive eye, ray trac- ing, and more. Paper sessions today will cover topics such as PRK/LASIK, crosslinking, the femtosecond laser, and others. Instructional courses will also cover a variety of topics like learning phacoemulsification chop, management of difficult cataracts and challenging situations, phaco fundamentals, and refractive surgery nightmares and worst-case scenarios. Sunday Astigmatism will be the topic of a Sunday afternoon symposium titled "Astigmatism Management at the Time of Cataract Surgery: Maximiz- ing Outcomes in Routine and Chal- lenging Cases" from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. It will highlight a variety of astigmatism-related tissues, includ- ing challenging cases and surgical pearls. Late Sunday afternoon, the "Top Gun 2017" symposium will take place, which will feature cata- ract pearls from the best ASCRS and Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS) instructors. A "Symposium of Chal- lenging Cases" will also be presented Sunday afternoon. Paper sessions will highlight surface ablation and crosslinking, phaco techniques and IOLs, and toric IOL calculation, among other topics. Instruction- al courses will delve into anterior vitrectomy for the cataract surgeon, controversies in refractive surgery, and SMILE. There will also be an "International Video Symposium of Challenging Cases and Compli- cation Management" instructional course. Monday On Monday morning from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., "Complicated and Chal- lenging Cases in Cataract Surgery Video Symposium" will be present- ed by the ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee. It will feature discussion on a number of topics, including dislocated lenses, posterior capsular tear, and more. Also early Monday morning is the "ASCRS Military Re- fractive Surgery Symposium," which will highlight a number of military topics in ophthalmology. On Monday afternoon from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., there will be an "East Meets West Symposium," which will examine cataract and refractive topics, with presenters from different parts of the world. A "Controversies in Anterior Segment Surgery" symposium will take place from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. on Monday and will be sponsored by the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. Paper sessions will highlight topics like the femtosecond laser, astigmatism correction, phakic IOLs, refractive lenticule extraction, LASIK, and crosslinking. Meanwhile, Monday Cataract and refractive sessions you won't want to miss

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