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.

Jan-Olof Carlsson

10:58

 

ILM surgery: using a new viewing system without endoillumination. Murat Oncel    

11:06

 

Surgical slit lamp advantages for macular surgery. Didier Ducournau  

11:13

 

Industry Announcement ARCADOPHTA

11:18

 

ILM removal indications and techniques. Ferenc Kuhn

11:26

 

The FILMS procedure for ILM atraumatic removal. Ferenc Kuhn  

11:31

 

Taut posterior hyaloid removal in diabetic macular edema. Ziya Kapran    

11:38

 

Industry Announcement CORNEAL

11:43

 

Management of thick fibrovascular membrane with plasma blade. Indu Singh  

11:51

 

Posterior vitreous detachment induced by plasmin enzyme during surgery. Claudio Azzolini  

12:00

 

Discussion moderated by Etienne Bovey.

 

 

 

Sutureless Vitrectomy

01:40

 

25g sutureless surgery for macular pucker. Athanasios Nikolakopoulos

01:44

 

25g sutureless vitrectomie for post cataract cystic macular edema. Athanasios Nikolakopoulos  

01:50

 

Combined water phaco fragmentation and 25g surgery for macular pucker. Athanasios Nikolakopoulos

01:56

 

Industry Announcement ALCON

02:01

 

25G vitrectomy for ERM and vitreo-macular traction syndromes: short-term results. Anne-Catherine Gribomont

02:10

 

Short term functional and anatomic changes after 25G vitreoretinal surgery for ERM. Francesco Boscia 

02:18

 

Industry Announcement BAUSCH & LOMB

02:23

 

Outcomes following 25-Gauge Vitrectomies For Primarily Macualr Diseases. Colin McCannel  

02:31

 

Our experience with new techniques in macular surgery: 25-G and 23-G. Zoran Tomic  

02:40

 

Industry Announcement DORC

02:45

 

”25g vitrectomy with topical anaesthesia”. Ioannis Theocharis  

02:53

 

Combined sutureless cataract and vitreous surgery. Márcio Nehemy

03.00

 

Discussion moderated by Anne Catherine Gribomont

 

 

 

Vitreomacular Interface Surgical Outcomes

03:50

 

Clinical course and results of surgical treatment of ERM. Viktoria Mester  

03:58

 

ERM surgery: with and without ILM peeling. Murat Oncel  

04:04

 

Macular ERM with spontaneous partial detachment. Etienne Bovey  

04:12

 

ILM removal on stage1 macular hole. Mario Pacini  

04:20

 

Industry Announcement TOPCON

04:25

 

OCT in choice of tactics of surgical treatment for initial stages of idiopathic MH. Oleg Ulasevich  

04:31

 

ILM removal in idiopathic MH versus myopic MH; differences in technique and results. Khaled El-Rakhawy

04:39

 

Industry Announcement GEUDER

04:44

 

Sparkling Technique. Didier Ducournau

04:53

 

Is face down positioning necessary in MH surgery? Jan-Olof Carlsson  

05:01

 

Does using IVT during ILM peeling affect the outcome of MH surgery? Murat Karacorlu  

05:07

 

Results of surgery in traumatic MH. Tugrul Altan  

05:14

 

Discussion moderated by Silvia Bopp.Related posters (Man-Seong Seo, S.Natarajan, Cesare Forlini,

Andriy Ruban and Stephan Winder)

Cocktail and Gala Dinner at the Conventum

Wednesday, June 22nd

How Effective is Triamcinolone in Maculopathies?

08:30

 

The many faces of triamcinolone. Giampaolo Gini   

08:40

 

IVT for DME: Primary Vs Secondary. Balakrishna Vineeth Kumar   

08:48

 

Confounding factors on the effect of IVT for refractory DME. Ali Reza Ramezani   

08:56

 

IVT acetonide injection for the management of DME. Mehmet Cakir   

09:02

 

Regression of serous macular detachment after IVT. Murat Karacorlu   

09:08

 

IVT for diabetic massive macular hard exudates. Salim Ben Yahia   

09:16

 

IVT acetonide injection for the management of BRVO. Nur Acar 

09:22

 

Different effect of IVT in the management of ME secondary to perfusion type and ischemic type BRVO. Yun-Sik Yang 

09:28

 

The effect of IVT on optic nerve head topography. Yusuf Akar   

09:34

 

Discussion moderated by Giampaolo Gini. Related posters (Jaroslava Dusova, Murat Karacorlu and Yusuf Akar)

 

 

 

Surgical Treatment of Macular Edema

10:40

 

Laser treatment for macular edema. Elisabeth Agardh   

10:50

 

The natural history of DME: literature review and personal experience. Barbara Parolini  

11:00

 

Vitrectomy versus natural history for non-tractional DME: the Vide Study. Giacomo Panozzo  

11:10

 

Vitrectomy for chronic pseudophakic cystoid macular edema. Maria Stefaniotou   

11:18

 

Clinical outcome after vitrectomy with or without ILM peeling in PDR patients with DME. Lars - Olof Hattenbach

11:26

 

Results and complications of vitrectomy and ILM removal in the treatment of ME. Ferenc Kuhn   

11:34

 

Macular edema in BRVO. Early treatment with laser arteriolar constriction technique. New approach. Jiri Rehak

11:42

 

Use of YAG-laser retinopuncture for the treatment of CME caused by thrombosis of central retinal vein and its branches.

Igor Malov 

11:48

 

Comparative study of surgical and conservative MD of vascular occlusions. Indu Singh

11:56

 

Industrial Announcement

12:01

 

OCT evaluation of macular edema after RON in patients affected by CRVO. Fabio Patelli

12:07

 

Discussion moderated by Claude Boscher. Related posters (Man-Seong Seo, Sadhna Vora, Maria Stefanioutou,
Eman Kahtani and Niklas Karlsson)

 

Posters Session

Severe blindness – a rare but devastating complication of dengue fever. Bob Ching-Li Cheng

Choroidal neovascularization after accidental macular damage by laser. Márcio Nehemy

Phacoemulsification on previously vitrectomized eyes for macular disease. Zsuzsanna Szijarto

Acomparison of real and simulated macular surgery. Frank Koch

Dengue fever foveolits – a case report. Loh Boon Kwang

Patients with dominant macular drusen presenting with central retinal artery obstruction. Manal Bouhaimed

Long term follow up of retained subfoveal perfluoro-n-octane liquid. Sawsan Nowilaty

Macular involvement in patients with posterior microphthalmos. Salim Ben Yahia

The risk of subretinal haemorrhages in patients with ARMD receiving antithrombotic agents. Claudia Kuhli

The Minnesota grading system of eyebank eyes for ARMD. Timothy W. Olsen

Management of submacular haemorrhage with C3F8 gas injection. Faruk Eroglu

Preservation of retinal anatomy and synaptic connectivity following preventive subretinal injections of human RPE cells in the

Royal College of Surgeons rats. Isabel Pinilla

Comparison of the effecicacy of MH surgery with & without ILM peeling using indocyanine green. Man-Seong Seo

OCT evaluation of foveal pseudocyst in the formation of macular hole. S. Natarajan

Use of double tamponade in RD with MH in high myopia. Case report. Cesare Forlini

Results of vitrectomy for the treatment of idiopathic full-thickness macular holes. Andriy Ruban

Outer retinal fluid following closure of a macular hole. Stephen Winder

Our first experience with intravitreal injection of triamcinolon acetonide. Jaroslava Dusova

Resolution of foveal pseudocyst after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide. Murat Karacorlu

Longitudinal changes in retinal sensitivity upon IVT acetonide in diabetic patients with macular edema. Cemil Apaydin

Peeling of ILM for diabetic macular edema with severe hard exudates. Man-Seong Seo

Is repeat macular laser photocoagulation effective in the management of DME? Sadhna Vora

Long term results of vitrectomy in cases of diabetic macular edema. Maria Stefaniotou

PPV and ILM peeling for refractory cystoid macular edema. Eman Kahtani

Is sheathotomy a feasible surgical procedure in branch vein occlusion? Report on our first 10 cases. Niklas Karlsson