Oculoplastic Surgery

Essam A.  El Toukhy is Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of Oculoplasty service, at Cairo University, Egypt. Professor El Toukhy is Director of the National Eye Institute and Rod El Farag Eye Bank Egypt, Head of Examination Committee, Council of Arab Board of Ophthalmology, Director of the Medical Education Center,Cairo University. Professor El Toukhy has published several books on Oculoplasty & reconstructive Surgery and authored many book chapters on this topic. He has operated, lectured and trained in over 30 countries and has served as Advisor on trachoma to the World Health Organization. He organizes a yearly “Oculoplasty from A-Z” course for residents and fellows from around the world since 2006.

Basics of oculoplastic procedures.- anaesthesia in oculoplasty.- benign lid lesions.- malignant lid lesions.- common eyelid malpositions.-  centurion syndrome.- floppy eyelid syndrome.- congenital ptosis.- blepharophimosis and marcus gunn as  special types of pediatric ptosis.- correction of congenital ptosis with poor levator function with the frontalis flap procedure.- adult ptosis.- blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm and functional applications of neurotoxins in the periocular area.- eyelid reconstruction.- trichiasis and trachoma.- facial nerve palsy and oculoplasty.- upper blepharoplasty and browplasty.- lower blepharoplasty.- the cosmetic use of injectables in oculoplasty.- body dysmorphic disorder.- dry eye disease.- congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.- acquired lacrimal obstruction.- punctal stenosis.- canalicular obstruction.- dacryoadenitis, dacryocystitis, and canaliculitis.- pediatric ophthalmology and oculoplasty.- refractive surgery and oculoplasty.- pathology and oculoplasty.- the nasal sinuses and oculoplasty.- neuro ophthalmology and oculoplasty.- oncological and maxillofacial considerations of periorbital lesions.- periorbital dermatology and oculoplasty.- glaucoma and oculoplasty.- orbital evaluation and proptosis.- Radiology and oculoplasty.- common orbital disorders in children.- common orbital disorders in adults.- thyroid eye disease (ted) .- the surgical approach to the orbit.- eyelid injuries.- lacrimal injuries.- orbital trauma.- evisceration.- enucleation.- orbital implants & eye prosthesis.- orbital implants.