Saturday, June 18th

 

08:00 to 06:00 Opening of the registration at the Conventum

09:00 to 04:00 Course by Tim Albert. “How to get your paper written and published”.

04:30 to 07:00 True to Live Surgery. Session moderated by Giampaolo Gini

            

07:30
Welcome Reception at the Conventum

 

Sunday, June 19th

Macula Pot Pourri

08:15

 

Opening

08:30

 

An unusual large tractional macular break. Salim Ben Yahia

08:36

 

One port PPV for ERM treatment:slit lamp & new AC maintainer in phakic patients. Cesare Forlini

08:43

 

Treatment of macular detachment in patients with optic pit. Sven Crafoord

08:53

 

Vitrectomy for optic pit-related retinal detachment. Ferenc Kuhn

09:03

 

Temporal RON for optic disc pit associated with macular detachment. Murat Karacorlu

09:10

 

Industry Announcement BAUSCH & LOMB

09:15

 

Hemorrhagic macular cysts in Terson syndrome. Ferenc Kuhn

09:23

 

Macular bleeding associated with sexual activity in patient receiving anticoagulants. Salim BenYahia

 09:31

 

Therapeutic effect of propranolol on central serous chorioretinopathy. Ali Reza Ramezani

09:37

 

Results of PDT for idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. S. Natarajan

09:45

 

OCT in active choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathologic myopia. Murat Karacorlu

09:52

 

Discussion moderated by Khaled El Rakhawy

ARMD Medical Treatment

10:45

 

The RPE in health and disease: a role for lipofuscin and melanin in ARMD. Mike Boulton

11:00

 

Neoangiogenesis in ARMD. Lennart Berglin

11:15

 

Is vitreous adhesion a risk factor for CNV in AMD? Martine Mauget-Faÿsse

11:23

 

Preferential Hyper acuity Perimeter: clinical and angiographic correlations. Guy L’Helgoual’ch

11:31

 

Variations of the visual function according to the therapy. Christian Malbrel

11:37

 

One year results of PDT in eyes with choroidal neovascular membranes due to ARMD. Tugrul Altan

11:43

 

Industry Announcement ALCON

11:48

 

Encouraging results of PDT with verteporfin in a clinical patient material of ARMD. Christina Frennesson 

11:58

 

PDT in the treatment of retinal angiomatous proliferation. Marcio Nehemy  

12:06

 

PDT for CNV in juvenile disciform macular degeneration. Case report of 4 Icelandic cases. Ingimundur Gislason

12:15

 

Industry Announcement NOVARTIS

12:20

 

Discussion moderated by Christina Frennesson. Related posters (Melanie Chak and Claudia Kuhli)

 

 

 

02:00

 

Photodynamic therapy with visudyne: complications. Guy L ‘Helgoual’ch

02:10

 

Histological characteristics of neovascular membranes in AMD after PDT:
Comparison with spontaneous evolution, laser photocoagulation,radiotherapy.
Didier Ducournau

02:18

 

Combined treatment: PDT with visudyne and IVT. Guy L’Helgoual’ch

 02:28

 

Industry Announcement CARL ZEISS MEDITEC

02:33

 

Unicentric, randomized, open, parallel study of comparison of PDT V/s IVT S. Natarajan

 02:43

 

OCT evaluation of serous PED after IVT and PDT for exudative ARMD. Murat Karacorlu

 02:53

 

Industry Announcement ALCON

 02:58

 

Anecortave acetate depot suspension for treatment of exudative ARMD. Marc de Smet

 03:06

 

Industry Announcement NOVARTIS

03:12

 

Rheopheresis to eradicate the drusen - CNV cascade. Frank Koch

 03:20

 

VEGF inhibition study in ocular neovascularization: Outcomes from the phase II/III Macugen pivitol trials.Thomas Friberg

03:28
Discussion moderated by Martine Mauget-Faÿsse. Related posters (Timothy W. Olsen)

04:30 to 06:00 Young EVRS Club

04:30 to 05:30 Country Delegate Assembly

04:30 to 05:30 Rosengren Club & Nordic VitreoRetinal Meeting

  
Medieval Thrills at Orebro Castle

Monday, June 20th

ARMD Surgical Approach

08:30

 

Surgical extraction of choroidal neovascular membranes. Ziya Kapran

08:36

 

Current management of juxtapapilar choroidal neovascular lesions. Jaume Catala  

08:44

 

Combined surgical ablation and IVT for retinal angiomatous proliferation. Francesco Boscia  

08:50

 

Limited invasive procedures to treat CNV’s in ARMD. Frank Koch  

08:58

 

Discussion moderated by Klaus Lucke  

09:20

 

The use of tPA in the management of sub-retinal haemorrhages. Theodoros Potamitis  

09:28

 

Management of sub macular haemorrhage. Pietro Rossi  

09:36

 

Therapeutic approach to acute submacular haemorrhage. Ziya Kapran  

09:42

 

Vitrectomy and subretinal tPA in submacular haemorrhage. Mehmet Cakir  

09:47

 

Role of subretinal R-TPA in management of subretinal haemorrhage due to ARMD. S. Natarajan  

09:55

 

Discussion moderated by Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt. Related posters (Faruk Eroglu)

 

10:45

 

An Update on macular rotation surgery for large subretinal neovascular membranes. Klaus Lucke

11:00

 

Four years experience with macular translocation. Zoran Tomic  

11:06

 

New approaches to severe incyclotorsion induced by macular translocation. Jonathan M. Holmes

11:14

 

Macular translocation in selected cases of CNV and heavy silicone tamponade. Cesare Forlini  

11:20

 

Surgery for ARMD complicated by massive subretinal haemorrhage. Nataliya Nehus  

11:28

 

Full macular translocation for massive submacular haemorrhage secondary to exudative ARMD. Hassan Mortada

11:36

 

Full macular translocation vs. PDT for Neovascular ARMD – Intermediate results of a prospective,
controlled, randomized pilot study.
Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt

11:46

 

Discussion by Frank Koch.

12:10

 

Relya Zivojnovic Award. Peep Algvere Lecture: “The challenge of retinal transplantation.”   

12:40

 

RPE and choroid translocation. Jan Van Meurs  

12:55

 

Artificial bruch’s membrane implant: preliminary results on animal. Fabio Patelli  

01:01

 

Discussion moderated by Sven Crafoord. Related posters (Isabel Pinilla).

 

 

 

Maculopathies: Pathogenesis, Functional Testing & Imaging

02:30

 

Pathogenesis of macular edema in branch retinal vein occlusion. New approach. Jiri Rehak  

02:38

 

Clinicodiagnostic correlation of macular disease. Jerzy Nawrocki

02:46

 

OCT as a screening method for diabetic macular edema. Maria Sydorova  

02:52

 

The value of OCT in AMD. Urban Eriksson  

03:02

 

Serous macular detachment in diabetic cystoid macular edema. Murat Karacorlu

03:08

 

Macular function after scleral buckling surgery for recent-onset RD. Patrik Schatz

03:16

 

Pre-and postoperative functional and anatomical changes in patients with idiopathic ERM. Frank Becquet 

03:24

 

Evaluation of macular activity using mfERG in patients with BRVO, before and after sheatotomy. Adam Cywinski

03:30

 

ILM peeling in macular surgery: a common physiopathological mechanism suggested by functional results.

Jean-François Le Rouic

03:38

 

ILM removal, how does it work? Didier Ducournau

03:55

 

Discussion moderated by Ferenc Kuhn.

04:45
  EVRS General Assembly
  Swedish Midsummer Nights' celebration

Tuesday, June 21st

Vitreomacular Interface Visualization and Surgical Approach

08:30

 

Visualization aids in VR interface disorders, what does the staining pattern tell us? Silvia Bopp 

08:40

 

PPV with ILM peeling in MH surgery. Yaprak Banu Unver

08:45

 

Trypan blue assisted removal of ILM and ERM. Murat Oncel

08:53

 

Vitreoretinal surgery for ERM. Nur Acar

09:00

 

The use of Trypan blue for the staining of the ILM. Why not? Vincenzo Ferrara

09:08

 

Trypan blue staining for MH and macular pucker surgery. Jerzy Nawrocki  

09:16

 

Industry Announcement ALCON

09:21

 

ILM Peeling with ICG or trypan blue in MH surgery: a prospective randomized trial. Hans Hoerauf  

09:31

 

RPE protection from ICG staining. Cesare Forlini  

09:38

 

Kenalog assisted removal of ILM in MH surgery. Theodoros Potamitis  

09:42

 

Patterns of posterior cortical vitreous attachment in myopic macular hole RD. Hassan Mortada      

09:52

 

Triam-time: “Parmesan” central vitrectomy in macular disease. Cesare Forlini  

10:00

 

Discussion moderated by Claudio Azzolini

 

 

 

10:50

 

Illuminated vitrector, facilitates bimanual vitrectomy, and benefits in MH surgery without demand for face down.