HSIOIRS Cataract Training Days: The hands-on experience

After the very successful first event, the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery (HSIOIRS) is organizing a second intensive training course for young ophthalmologists. “Cataract Training Days: The hands-on experience” returns on October 9-11, 2026, at the Xenia Hotel in Volos.

The program will include practical training in cataract surgery with the organization of high-level WetLabs, under the guidance of renowned surgeons. Participants will practice in all the steps of phacoemulsification. The program will also be complemented by theoretical courses on cataract surgery.

Theoretical Course

• Preoperative examination – Patient consent
• Biometry – Anesthesia
• Corneal incisions and sealing
• Pupil dilation, Floppy iris – Capsulorhexis
• Types of phacoemulsification machines: Suction pumps: Venturi – Peristaltic
• Phacoemulsification techniques – Irrigation / Aspiration and Intraocular lens insertion
• Categories and types of Intraocular lenses
• Postoperative treatment – ​​Instructions – Complications

Wetlab sessions: «Phaco step by step – Basic principles of cataract surgery» (2h duration)

• incisions
• capsulorhexis
• hydroseparation
• phacoemulsification
• irrigation / aspiration
• intraocular lens insertion

CME-CPD ACCREDITATION

The participants of the Meeting will be provided with ECMEC’s by the Panhellenic Medical Association.