Programm - PRESBIOPIA

Panel 1: Understanding Presbyopia (60 min)
1. Changes in refraction and binocular vision in presbyopic patients
2. Clinical consequences of presbyopia
3. How to select the appropriate near addition?

Panel 2: Modern Options for Presbyopia Correction (120 min)
1. Modern spectacle designs for presbyopia correction
2. Differences in power profiles in multifocal contact lens designs
3. Presbyopia correction in irregular corneas
4. Surgical options vs. visual needs in presbyopia
5. Pharmacological solutions for presbyopes

Panel 3: How to Correct Presbyopia in Individual Cases? (90 min)
1. How to identify the real visual needs of a patient
2. Communication models with patients about multifocal solutions
3. Patient concerns about future vision problems
4. What if nothing fits or the patient is not fully satisfied with the “best of the non-working methods”?
5. How to keep the patient motivated while waiting for a better solution to appear on the market
6. Consequences of using monovision
7. Options for helping patients dissatisfied with surgical outcomes
8. How and when to combine different presbyopia correction methods

A new feature of the conference will be a practical session dedicated to presbyopic cases. Participants are invited to submit cases in the following categories:

1. Patient with distance refractive error and presbyopia correction – high or non-standard visual demands
2. Patient with a large phoria at the limit of compensation
3. Patient with strabismus
4. Patient with anisometropia
5. Patient with keratoconus
6. Patient with post-surgical visual problems