Sunday, March 19, 2017

BORNEO GLAUCOMA UPDATE 2017

Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and Sabah Women and Children Hospital (SWACH) in a joint venture organized the Borneo Glaucoma Update (BGU) on the 16th-17th March 2017. On 16th the program included a series of talks by Dr Ahmad Mt Saad, Dr Aziz Husni, Dr Shuaibah Abdul Ghani and myself. 



The topics ranged from basics to surgery and lasers. 




In the afternoon, a hands-on session on Micropulse P3 laser (Cyclo G6) was also demonstrated.



On 17th, 2 cases of trabeculectomy were performed by Dr Ahmad in the live surgery session at SWACH. 





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