17th European VitreoRetinal Training School

17th European VitreoRetinal Training School is organized by European VitreoRetinal Society (EVRS) and will be held during May 21 - Jun 01, 2018 at Hotel Munte am Stadtwald, Bremen, Germany.

The target audience for this medical event is Ophthalmologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 105 CME Points or more.

Conference Description :
The intention of the course is to cover virtually all aspects of vitreoretinal surgery. Subjects will be introduced by lectures, demonstrated by video sequences and live surgery transmissions and then discussed in length and in depth in an open exchange format.

The course will cover :
• History of vitreoretinal surgery
• General patient management
• Diagnostic techniques
• Instrumentation - optical systems, machines, instruments, endoscopy, lasers
• Classical detachment surgery - pathogenesis, indications, when buckle & when vitrectomy
• General vitrectomy technique
• Indications & special surgical techniques in macular holes, age related macular degeneration,, diabetic retinopathy, pucker and cellophane maculopathy, uveitis, PVR, trauma, giant tears, rare entities

The European VitreoRetinal Training School is supported by VRmagic with three Eyesi Surgical simulator units on loan. The Eyesi Surgical allows effective training of cataract and vitreoretinal surgery procedures without risk to patients. The simulator records all training data and offers a detailed and objective evaluation of the surgical performance to the trainee.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.