TRENDING TECHNOLOGIES highway to the Future Combined Symposium of the Cataract & Refractive Societies (CSCRS) A joint symposium of the APACRS, ASCRS & ESCRS Having successfully embarked on a streamlined version of the in-person APACRS Annual Meeting last year in Seoul, the APACRS returns with a full 3-day scientific program this year for its 35th APACRS Annual Meeting, bringing its members to a NEXUS in Singapore— "connecting everyone and everything.” Here’s a preview of some of what’s in store for attendees at this meeting. 2023 APACRS LIM LECTURE The APACRS LIM Lecture is the highest honor conferred by the APACRS. This year, Prof. Gerd U. Auffarth will deliver the 2023 APACRS LIM Lecture “Current and Future Development in Intraocular Implants with New Materials” at the Opening Ceremony. Dr. Auffarth will present the different categories and lens systems, including trifocals, the heterogenous group of EDOF lenses, and monofocal plus lenses, that are now used in NEXUS – CONNECTING EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING by Chiles Aedam R. Samaniego EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Senior Staff Writer cataract and refractive surgery. Newer approaches include the use of a new material called crosslinked polyisobutylene. Companies are also currently favoring the development of adjustable IOLs such as the Light Adjustable Lens (LAL), femtosecond laser adjustable IOLs, and IOLs with modular optics. Modular optics leads to other options, such as combining accommodative optics with modular base optics to provide toric correction. And while it will be a long time before mechatronic- optoelectronic implants with their own energy supply are available, there are already some concepts here as well. The Opening Ceremony will take place from 09:00 to 10:30 hrs on Friday, 9 June 2023. TRENDING TECHNOLOGIES – Highway to the Future Combined Symposium of Cataract & Refractive Societies (CSCRS)-A joint symposium of the APACRS, ASCRS, and ESCRS This year, experts from the three leading cataract and refractive societies will take a critical look at trending technologies, with the aim of helping attendees decide which technologies to take seriously. The CSCRS will be held from 11:00 to 12:30 hrs on Friday, 9 June 2023. MasterClasses This year’s series of MasterClasses will include familiar courses on the hottest topics in ophthalmic surgery today: Toric IOLs, Pterygium Surgery, Paediatric Cataract Surgery, Biometry, Refractive Surgery Complications, What They Don’t Teach You in Residency, Phaco Alternatives, Corneal Endothelial Transplantation, Phakic IOLs, IOL Fixation, Vitrectomy for Anterior Segment Surgeons, and MIGS Complications. The MasterClasses will be held throughout the first day of the scientific program, on Thursday, 8 June 2023.
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