Friday, 12 September 2025
Copenhagen (CEST)
Cataract Surgery in the Patient with Cornea Pathology
Moderators: Paolo Vinciguerra (Italy) & Beatrice Cochener-Lamard (France)
Presentations
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Cataract surgery in the cornea with irregular surface (Salzmann, pterygium, EBMD)
Nandini Venkateswaran (United States)
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Cataract Surgery in the patient with severe ocular surface disease
Sajjad Ahmad (United Kingdom)
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Cataract surgery with multifocal / EDOF IOLs after corneal surgery
Ruth Lapid-Gortzak (Netherlands)
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Discussion
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Cataract surgery under a corneal graft (PKP, DSAEK, DMEK)
Vito Romano (Italy)
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Cataract and corneal endothelial disease: sequential or triple surgery
Björn Bachmann (Germany)
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Cataract surgery and IOL power calculations after (corneal) refractive surgery
Guillaume Debellemanière (France)
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Cataract surgery and keratoconus
Emilio Torres-Netto (Switzerland)
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Discussion
Infections and the Ocular Surface
Moderators: Beatrice Cochener-Lamard (France) & Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill (Belgium)
Presentations
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Management of herpetic keratitis: Zoster Eye Disease Study
Antoine Rousseau (France)
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The role of corticosteroids in the management of bacterial keratitis
Jeniffer Rose-Nussbaumer (United States)
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Fungal keratitis: diagnosis, medical & surgical management (the role of confocal imaging, intrastromal injections / rose bengal PDT and timing of therapeutic keratoplasty)
Guillermo Amescua (United States)
Discussion
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Treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis
Dalia Said (United Kingdom)
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Demodex update — new insights and treatments
Serge Doan (France)
Discussion
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Chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis: diagnosis and management
(with an infection connection)
Harminder Dua (United Kingdom)
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Limbal stem cell deficiency: diagnosis and management
(with an infection connection)
Emilio Pedrotti (Italy)
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Cancer of the ocular surface
(with an infection connection)
Sotiria Palioura (Greece)
Discussion
New Developments and Update in Keratoplasty
Moderators: Jose Guell (Spain) & Claus Cursiefen (Germany)
Presentations
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Paediatric corneal transplantation
Ken Nischal (United States)
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Ultra- and nano-thin DSAEK
Massimo Busin (Italy)
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DMEK in challenging cases
Lamis Baydoun (Germany)
Discussion
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DSO/DWEK in the management of Fuchs dystrophy
Marc Muraine (France)
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Corneal regeneration: stem cells, hydrogels and 3D bioprinting
Sayan Basu (India)
Discussion
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Management of a failed PKP: regraft or endothelial transplant?
Claus Cursiefen (Germany)
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DALK techniques and indications
Vincenzo Sarnicola (Italy)
Discussion
New Developments in Keratoconus and Crosslinking
Moderators: Jesper Hjortdal (Denmark) & Nienke Visser (The Netherlands)
Presentations
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Update on diagnostics for detection of keratoconus
Riccardo Vinciguerra (Italy)
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Visual rehabilitation in keratoconus using wavefront-guided PRK
Jorge Luis Alio Del Barrio (Spain)
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Update on CXL protocols for keratoconus
Anders Behndig (Sweden)
Discussion
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Visual rehabilitation in keratoconus using Femto-CAIRS
Shady Awwad (Lebanon)
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Biological markers for progressive keratoconus
Pooja Khamar (India)
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Modelling artificial intelligence for keratoconus
Ahmed Elsheikh
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CXL for infectious keratitis
Beatrice E Frueh (Switzerland)
Discussion
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2nd Global Consensus on keratoconus: Introduction
Farhad Hafezi (Switzerland)
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Highlights of the consensus — part 1
Michael Belin (United States)
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Highlights of the consensus — part 2
Cosimo Mazzotta (Italy)
Discussion
Related ESCRS Main Symposium
Moderators: EuCornea President Mario Nubile (Italy) & Anders Ramlov Ivarsen (Denmark)
Managing Complications of Corneal Refractive Surgery
See the ESCRS programme page for the full agenda.
Note: Please refer to the ESCRS Online Programme for the most up-to-date details and exact timings, as schedules can be updated over time.