Belgium - Antwerp

European School of Scleral Lenses

Provisional Program – Subject to changes

Advanced Course

Day 1

Morning Session - Lecture (3 hours)

• Scleral lens in keratoconus: peculiarity
• Scleral lens in ocular surface diseases: peculiarity, lens abnormalities, and poor wettability
• Factors affecting comfort and vision

Scleral lens in:

Ocular surface diseases

Pediatric and geriatric population

11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

• Back surface design:
• Toric periphery
• Quadrant specific design
• Pentacam CSP and Wave software
• EPP
• Oblate design
• Front surface
• Front surface toricity
• Front surface eccentricity
• HOAs correction
• Customization procedure with Eye Surface Profiler (EagletEye), Pentacam CSP, EyePrintPro (EPP)

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

Afternoon Session - Hands-on (3 hours)

Participants will be divided into different groups

• OCT use in the scleral lens application process
• Use of Pentacam CSP for lens customization

15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

• Use of ESP for lens selection and customization
• EPP taking molds of the eye

Manual modifications (notches, fenestrations, etc...)

Day 2

Morning Session - Lecture (3 hours)

• Oxygen and scleral lenses
• Intraocular pressure and scleral lenses
• Midday fogging update
• Complications & management
• Excessive clearance
• Corneal touch
• Air bubbles
• Conjunctival prolapse

11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

• Limbal touch & limbal congestion
• Conjunctival compression & indentation
• Lens edge lifting off
• Tight-fitting & lens adhesion
• Lens decentration & flexure
• Deposits & Poor wettability
• Corneal & conjunctival staining
• Conjunctival redness
• Microbial keratitis
• Neovascularization
• Fenestrated scleral lenses
• Channels

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

Afternoon Session - Hands-on (3 hours)

Participants will be divided into different groups

• Scleral lens application and recognition of fitting issues
• Use of Pentacam CSP for lens customization
• EPP taking molds of the eye
• Manual modifications (notches, fenestrations, etc...)