Forefront Therapeutic Refractive Surgery Course Overview

Therapeutic refractive surgery is the management of refractive complications and this course covers advanced topics in this area including diagnostics, treatment planning, treatment modalities, retreatment surgical techniques, and postoperative monitoring and management. The course includes didactic lectures and in-depth individual case studies. Attendance of the Forefront Refractive Surgery Course is a pre-requisite to attend the therapeutic course.

Accreditation

The Forefront Therapeutic Refractive Surgery Course, London, United Kingdom, November 2025 is under review for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®). Information regarding points allocation will be available soon.

Saturday November 8, 2025 9am-6pm

• Diagnostics: Topography and tomography
• Diagnostics: Aberrometry and quality of vision
• Diagnostics: Applications of epithelial thickness mapping
• Diagnostics: Anatomical cross-sectional imaging
• Topography-guided custom treatments
• Refraction planning for topography-guided treatments
• Trans-epithelial PTK treatments
• Wet PTK polishing

Sunday November 9, 2025, 9am-1pm

• Treatment options for ectasia
• Other therapeutic applications for PTK
• Advanced flap planning, surgical techniques and complications
• Discussion of audience therapeutic cases

Therapeutic Course (live in London):

• Ophthalmologist £1,500
• Optometrist £750
• Trainee ophthalmologist £500

Therapeutic Course (online only):

• Ophthalmologist £1,250
• Optometrist £600
• Trainee ophthalmologist £400