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FEBOS-CR has been developed by the EBO and ESCRS to certify the expertise and advanced knowledge of experienced cataract and refractive surgeons. Successful candidates earn the right to use the post-nominal title FEBOS-CR to show they:
The 2020 examination will take place immediately before the 38th Congress of the ESCRS in Amsterdam, on 2nd October, 2020. The 2020 examination fee is €850.
ESCRS iLearn is an online learning platform free for ESCRS members. There are 22 courses available, offering nearly 50 hours of content covering visual optics, cataract surgery, refractive surgery and cornea topics.
The courses are designed to be user-friendly and engaging with clinical images, surgical videos, quizzes to test your knowledge as you proceed, and final assessments so that you can be confirmed in what you’ve learned. Many courses also have CME accreditation.
This is an invaluable tool for young ophthalmologists, trainers and trainees who want to learn about anterior segment surgery.
Also available: the ESCRS iLearn Tasklist allows trainers to assign courses to trainees, and monitor their progress over the assigned period.
The ESCRS funds and help to run several research projects at any one time.
This page brings you information on all the projects currently underway, and also collates all presentations, publications and interviews with projects leaders on projects that have been completed.
Where relevant, all study reports and guidelines related to these projects will also be available here.
| Project Leader | Title | Status | |
| Dr. Jan Willem Beenakker The Netherlands | Virtual Refractive Surgery for the Prevention Of Negative Dysphotopsia (“vRESPOND”) | COMPLETED | |
| Prof. Oliver Findl Austria | Influence of posterior vitreous detachment on retinal detachment after lens surgery in myopic eyes (MYOPRED) | IN PROGRESS | |
| Rudy Nuijts The Netherlands | PREvention of Macular EDema after cataract surgery (PREMED) Study Portal | COMPLETED | |
We will also be introducing an online journal club element to this project.
| Year | Title | Excerpt | Link |
| May 2019 | Rethinking astigmatism analysis for intraocular lens-based surgery (Also contains link to download Astigmatism Double Angle Plot Tool) | Astigmatic change analysis after IOL-based surgery (cataract surgery with IOL, or refractive lens exchange) is challenging for several reasons. There is a range of analytical approaches, analyzing astigmatic change after an IOL surgery is necessarily more complex than in corneal refractive surgery, and there are 4 scenarios in which cataract surgery alters ocular astigmatism (nontoric […] | Read Article |
| May 2019 | Similar five-year results with SMILE and FS-LASIK | The results of a prospective, comparative nonrandomised clinical study indicate that small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and LASIK with femtosecond laser-created flaps (FS‐LASIK) have similar efficacy, safety, predictability and long-term stability. The study included 68 eyes of 37 patients that underwent SMILE and 55 eyes of 30 patients that underwent FS‐LASIK between December 2011 and […] | Read Article |
| May 2019 | Triamcinolone acetate reduces CME after cataract surgery in diabetic patients but bevacizumab has no additive effect-PREMED Study | Diabetic patients have an elevated risk of CME after cataract surgery that persists to a certain degree even among those receiving the optimum bromfenac and dexamethasone regimen identified in the first PREMED report. The second report from the PREMED study group indicates that the addition of subconjunctival triamcinolone acetate (TA) can provide a more pronounced […] | Read Article |
| May 2019 | Artificial iris implantation in various iris defects and lens conditions | Winner of the 2017 Rosen Award for best technical article on the JCRS We describe 6 surgical techniques used to implant a silicone iris prosthesis: sector-shaped iris segments that require suturing, injector-assisted sulcus fixation, injector-assisted capsular bag fixation with an intraocular lens (IOL) and capsular tension ring, folded iris tissue implanted with a forceps and […] | Read Article |
| Date | Title | Summary | ||
| Jul 2020 | The EPICAT study: Effectiveness of Periocular drug Injection in CATaract surgery’ | In Europe, over 4 million cataract surgeries are performed each year. A major cause of suboptimal vision following cataract surgery is cystoid macular edema (CME). In patients with CME, fluid accumulates in the central retinal area, due to leakage of blood vessels. Multiple cyst-like (cystoid) areas of fluid appear in the retina and cause retinal swelling or edema. Symptoms of CME are blurred and decreased vision. Anti-inflammatory eye drops are used after cataract surgery to prevent CME. However, noncompliance with eye drops is a major issue and may compromise the effectiveness of treatment. Noncompliance is often unintentional and related to forgetfulness or incorrect instillation, particularly in the elderly cataract surgery population. Because many patients have difficulty with self-instillation of eye drops, formal or informal care is often required. Administrating anti-inflammatory drugs with an injection in or around the eye during cataract surgery may obviate the need for eye drops after surgery. To investigate the effectiveness of anti-inflammatory drug delivery in or around the eye during cataract surgery, we propose to conduct a study in which 540 patients scheduled for cataract surgery will participate. Patients will be randomly divided over 3 treatment groups. One group will receive standard anti-inflammatory eye drops after cataract surgery. The other groups will receive a single or a combination of two anti-inflammatory drugs by injection in or around the eye during cataract surgery. Before and after cataract surgery we will measure the thickness of the central area of the retina, and compare this between groups. In addition, visual acuity and quality of life will be evaluated. We expect that administration of anti-inflammatory drugs during cataract surgery improves vision and comfort for patients and decreases costs. It may also alleviate the burden on homecare organizations. | ||
| Jul 2020 | What I Wish I Knew When I Was An Ophthalmology Trainee, with Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill | Richard Packard talks to Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill about preparing for a future career in ophthalmology. | ||
| Jun 2020 | Influence of posterior vitreous detachment on retinal detachment after lens surgery in myopic eyes (MYOPRED) | Sean Henehan talks to Oliver Findl about this ongoing clinical research project, sponsored by ESCRS. | ||
| Jun 2020 | Cataract Surgery In Eyes With Diseased Corneas, with Jesper Hjortdal | Massimo Busin talks to Jesper Hjortdal about performing cataract surgery in eyes with diseased corneas. | ||
| Jun 2020 | The vRESPOND study: Virtual REfractive Surgery for the Prevention Of Negative Dysphotopsia | The overall goal of the vRESPOND study is to provide a clinically feasible and cost-effective method to manage negative dysphotopsia (ND). The study aim to use MRI-based patient-specific eye-models to uncover the underlying optical origin of ND through ray-tracing simulations. They subsequently aim to develop a Virtual Refractive Surgery application for the prevention and treatment of ND. In terms of specific research aims: comprehensive clinical evaluation will be made of 60 ND patients and 60 pseudophakic controls both in terms of objective ophthalmic measurements and standardized questionnaires. Based on these data, ray-tracing analyses will be performed using the patient-specific, MRI-based, eye-models to: elucidate the mechanism for ND determine the key aspects of IOL design to prevent ND develop the Virtual Refractive Surgery model to preoperatively select high-risk patients and guide to the optimal IOL-type to prevent ND for these high-risk patients Further details: https://education.escrs.org/virtual-refractive-surgery-for-the-prevention-of-negative-dysphotopsia-vrespond-study/ | ||
| Jun 2020 | Phakic intraocular lenses in the management of keratoconus with José Güell | Aidan Hanratty talks to José Güell about the use of phakic IOLs in the management and treatment of keratoconus. | ||
ESCRS on Demand is an online library of presentations, ePosters and videos from ESCRS Congresses and Winter Meetings going back over 10 years. It’s a free online service for all ESCRS members. When you load a presentation, you’ll be able to see all the slides and hear the speakers lecture as they proceed.
This is an invaluable tool for anyone who attends ESCRS Congresses. You can look back on interesting presentations, or even find something that you may have missed, which is easy at such a busy congress.
