Participants will gain hands-on experience in anterior vitrectomy to manage vitreous prolapse encountered during anterior segment surgery. They will gain a better understanding of vacuum and pump settings to optimize fluidics for various tasks. They will also compare various models for anterior vitrectomy in the wet-lab setting, including bimanual anterior vitrectomy and anterior chamber maintainer models. This segment will also contrast options for secondary IOL placement, including sulcus IOL insertion and advanced approaches for preservation of 3 piece IOLs with reverse optic capture (ROC). Faculty will include both experienced cataract and vitreoretinal surgeons.

NOTE: This course is being offered twice: at 3:45 pm on Friday, then again at 10:45 am on Saturday. Please be sure to register for only one session. A limited number of three different models of phaco machines will be available for use during the Cataract STC. Choice of phaco machine will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the approach to anterior vitrectomy, including techniques to stain vitreous and minimize vitreous loss
  
• Integrate knowledge of fluidics to optimize phaco machine settings for anterior vitrectomy
• Analyze various models for anterior vitrectomy