ICC-T5: Astigmatism correction during phacoemulsification

The ICC will introduce technics that will be further elaborated in the WETLAB

This course aims to provide pragmatic information regarding surgical correction of corneal astigmatism during phaco. The course will cover selection of candidates, determination of axis and surgical correction of astigmatism, either by incisional surgery or with toric IOL's.  Several models of toric IOL's will be presented, together with their calculating method and alignement process. Finally, several clinical cases on astigmatism management will be presented for discussion with the audience.  Additionnally, this course constitues also a theoretical counterpart to the wetlab organized on the same subject.