Oculoplastic Surgery

Essam A. El Toukhy is Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of Oculoplasty service, at Cairo University, Egypt. Professor El Toukhy is the Head of the Scientific Council of the Egyptian Board of ophthalmology and the Head of Training at the Arab Board of Health Specializations .He is the Director of the Medical Education Center, Cairo University and the previous Director of the National Eye Institute and Rod El Farag Eye Bank. 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.

1. Basics of oculoplastic procedures.- 2. Anaesthesia in oculoplasty.- 3. Benign lid lesions.- 4. Malignant lid lesions.- 5. Common eyelid malpositions.- 6. Centurion syndrome.- 7. Floppy eyelid syndrome.- 8. Congenital ptosis.- 9. Blepharophimosis and marcus gunn as special types of pediatric ptosis.- 10. Correction of congenital ptosis with poor levator function with the frontalis flap procedure.- 11. Adult ptosis.- 12. Blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm and functional applications of neurotoxins in the periocular area.- 13. Eyelid reconstruction.- trichiasis and trachoma.- 14. Facial nerve palsy and oculoplasty.- 15. Upper blepharoplasty and browplasty.