DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

Monday, September 13th

PATHOGENESIS AND RESEARCH

• Update on diabetes Jean-François Gauthier
• Current epidemiology of DR Claudia Lanzrath
• Epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy in Egypt: A hospital-based study Tamer Macky
• Metabolic controls and diabertic retinopathy Jean-François Gauthier
• A relation between obstructive sleep apnea and DME with nerve fiber layer infarcts Stephen Sinclair
• Role of leucocytes Yuichiro Ogura
• Correlation between DR and inflammation markers Jean-François Gauthier
• The interleukin-1 family in pathogenesis of PDR and traumatic vitreoretinopathy Andriy Sergienko
• The role of interleukin-6 in the pathogenesis of PDR Sibel Kadayifcilar
• Bilateral endogenous candida endophthalmitis following intravenous catheterization in diabetic patients Mahmoud Soliman
• Update on angiogenesis Yuichiro Ogura
• Reducing of venous filling time between pre and post PRP correlated to the progression of retinal neovascularization Yun-Sik Yang
• Medical treatment of diabetic retinopathy Anne Katrin Sjoeli
• Role of the Vitreous in PDR Jerry Sebag
• Pathogenesis and staging of PDR Peter Kroll
• PVD status as one strategical parameter in PDR Claude Boscher

SCREENING AND IMAGING

• Quantitative assessment of DME with Heidelberg retinal tomography Selcen Celik
• Agreement between quantitative analysis of fundus and angiographic images by photoshop software and clinical judgment Alireza Ramezani
• Macular edema visualisation, detection and estimation in DR Paola Salvetti
• Graphic blur simulation of vision loss in patients with macular disease using results of discriminated target central fields Stephen Sinclair
• Does screening improve the results of treatment for diabetic retinopathy? Richard Newsom
• Visual field changes in diabetic patients: frequency doubling perimetry versus standard automated perimetry Mahmoud Soliman
• Screening for diabetic retinopathy.The Scottish Experience Mun Seng Lee

Relya Zivojnovic Award

Tuesday, September 14th

DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA

• Current Opinion on management of DME – a research done by YEVRS Mun Seng Lee
• Retinal glial reaction patterns and their relationship to DME Didier Ducournau

Laser

• DME – treatment with argon laser photocoagulation Jiri Rehak
• Subthreshold indirect green wavelength photocoagulation for primary treatment in severe DME Claudine Guyot-Argenton
• Infrared Micropulse Photocoagulation in DME Paola Salvetti
• Micropulsed diode laser therapy for diabetic macular oedema Dominic McHugh
• PDT for choroidal neovascularization in course of DR Ariadna Gierek-Lapinsk

Triamcinolone

• IVT application in diabetic eyes: rationale, indications and mode of action Silvia Bopp

Pars Plana Vitrectomy alone

• Vitreoretinal surgery in DME Siv Åström
• Diabetic macular traction syndrome Jiri Rehak
• Vitrectomy for diffuse DME – a prospective randomized clinical trial Ulrike Stolba
• The proof of short-term PFCL efficacy in management of PDR with OCT Victor Kazaikin
• Triamcinolone assisted vitrectomy for hyaloid visualization in DME Fabio Patelli Film

Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling

• Trypan-blue assisted ILM removal in DME Murat Oncel
• DME “Profilactive” Surgery Athanasios Nikolakopoulos
• Visual outcome and OCT features of patients with DME after ILM peeling Fabio Patelli
• ILM removal for severe DME Ferenc Kuhn
• PPV and ILM removal in DME unresponsive to grid laser photocoagulation Ates Yanyali
• Vitrectomy with ILM peeling for DME Ivan Fiser
• Macular surgery in diabetic cases Tugrul Altan Film

ILM Peeling + Triamcinolone

• ILM peeling and intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for refractory diabetic CME Francesco Boscia
• Evaluating adjunctive surgical procedures of vitrectomy for DME with visual acuity and optical coherence tomographic outcomes Frank Becquet
• Vitrectomy with Intravitreal Steroid Sundaran Natarajan Film
• One Hour Discussion moderated by Ferenc Kuhn including ARVO Key Point and related posters (Ozdamar Yasemin,Yavuz Bardak, Yesim Ercalik, Ates Yanyali, Avinoam Ophir)

25 GAUGE SESSION

• Transconjonctival Wide-Field 25 Gauge Vitrectomy Frederic Hamon
• 25 G Vitrectomy – Our Initial Experience Sundaran Natarajan
• Does size really matter in PDR? Stephan Nikolic
• Interest of the use of 25 G vitrectomy technique in DR Jean-Pierre Hubschman
• Combined phaco and 25-gauge sutureless vitrectomy system in diabetic patients Murat Oncel
• Four port PPV using 25G system Ziad Bashshur

Wednesday, September 15th

PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

• Current Opinion on management of PDR – a research done by YEVRS Mario Facino

Laser

• PDR – Treatment with argon laser Jiri Rehak
• Alpha – Lipoid acid therapy after panretinal laser coagulation in diabetic patients Maria Sydorova
• Kinetic anaesthesia for diabetic laser surgery Richard Newsom

Technique

• The prognosis of vitreoretinal surgery duration in diabetic patients Pavel Rylov
• The effect of preoperative scatter photocoagulation on visual outcome on vitrectomize diabetic cases Yaprak Banu Ünver
• Surgical management of complicated diabetic RD by simple PPV techniques Khaled El-Rakhawy
• Step-wise surgical approach in diabetic eyes complicated by traction RD Ziya Kapran Film
• Surgical techniques for PDR Didier Ducournau Film
• Vitreous surgery for PDR Jerzy Nawrocki Film
• Technique of localized en-bloc dissection along natural lines of cleavage in diabetic TRD Klaus Lucke Film
• The use of trypan blue during PPV for diabetic TRD decreases the risk of iatrogenic retinotomy Tunc Ovali
• The main outcomes of combined phaco, PCIOL and PPV in patients with PDR Baris Yenia

Illuminating and Viewing Systems

• Xenon-arc light assisted PPV in PDR Lars-Olof Hattenbach
• Ophthalmic microendoscope assisted diabetic vitrectomy Emin Özmert
• Recurrent Intravitreal hemorrhage after endoscopy assisted vitrectomy for severe PDR Claude Boscher
• Vitreous surgery without endoillumination for proliferative diabetic retinopathy Jerzy Nawrocki Film
• Slit lamp illumination for bimanual surgery in the treatment of PDR Jean-François Le Rouic
• Why should true bimanual surgery be accepted as the gold standard for PDR Frank Koch
• Bimanual surgical techniques in retinal surgery Athanasios Nikolakopoulos
• Bimanual vitrectomy in diabetic traction retinal detachment Nur Acar Film
• PDR: triamcinolone assisted bimanual surgery and “re-flow” technique Cesare Forlini Film

Tamponade

• SF6 in diabetic tractional retinal detachment Bernardete Pessoa
• Surgical treatment of PDR with long term tamponade by silicone oil Igor Serejine
• Clinical experience with heavy silicone oil in diabetic tractional retinal detachment Melda Yenerel
• The patency of superior ciliary sulcus in aphakic silicon-filled eyes: an ultrasound biomicroscopy study Tamer Macky
• Vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade in proliferative diabetic retinopathy Marta Macedo

Clinical Series

• Vitreoretinal surgery in severe PDR Slobodanka Latinovic
• Vitrectomy in diabetic retinopathy Natalia Ferreira
• Visual outcome after PPV for vitreous and/or subhyaloidal hemorrage in diabetic patients Zerrin Bayraktar
• Visual prognosis after PPV for diabetic TRD Ziya Kapran
• Vitreous surgery for proliferative diabetic retinopathy with end stage renal disease Jerzy Nawrocki

Complications

• Intraoperative and Postoperative Complications After Vitrectomy in Diabetic Cases Nur Acar
• Early post vitrectomy diabetic vitreous hemorrage: incidence and associated factors Zerrin Bayraktar
• Effect of tranexamic acid on early post vitrectomie diabetic hemorrhage Alireza Ramezani
• The effect of PPV on rubeosis iridis and IOP, an analysis of associated factors Tugrul Altan
• PDT of rubeosis iridis in patients with DR Ariadna Gierek-Lapinska
• One Discussion including ARVO Key Point and related posters (Yuksel Sullu, Ahmet Gucukoglu)

POSTERS

• Outcomes of Triamcinolone assisted PPV for retinal diseases Yasemin Ozdama
• Comparison of effectiveness of modified grid laser photocoagulation with PPV and ILM removal in diffuse DME Ates Yanyali
• Surgical treatment for subfoveal hard exudates secondary to DME Yesim Ercalik
• Comparison of triamcinolone acetonide assisted posterior vitreous removal and ILM peeling in diabetic patients Yavuz Bardak
• Risk factors for vitreous hemorraghe in subjects with DR Ates Yanyali
• Comparison of serum nitric oxide, glutathione and plasma malondialehyde level with grade of retinopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus Sema Oruç Dündar
• Determination of vitreous Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor levels in PDR Nihal Demircan
• The effect of atorvastatin on ocular blood flow velocities in patients with DR Kuddusi Erkiliç
• The role of oxidative stress and hepatocyte growth factor in DR Merih Soylu
• PPV and bimanual delamination of membranes in patients with severe diabetic fibrovascular proliferation Ates Yanyali
• 25-Gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy in diabetic patients Ates Yanyali
• Combined phaco and PPV in diabetic patients Yuksel Sullu
• Combined phaco and silicone oil removal with assistance of anterior chamber maintainer Yuksel Sullu
• Rubeosis iridis after PPV in PDR Yuksel Sullu
• The predictive value of echography in diabetic vitreous hemorrhage Selim Kocabora
• Surgical management of patients with complicated PDR : the French ‘tourangelle’ experience Alexandre Denoyer
• The results of combined PPV, phaco and IOL implantation in PDR Young-Joon Jo
• OCT assessment of DME: Comparison with fluorescein angiographic and clinical findings Alper Erdinç
• Safety of IVT for diffuse DME Gungor Sobaci
• IVT in persistant DME: Short-term Results Selim Kocabora
• IVT for diffuse DME Ibrahim Taskintuna
• The Effectiveness of IVT for DME Faruk Eroglu
• IVT for refractory diffuse DME Yuksel Totan
• IVT in treatment of pseudophakic macular edema in diabetic patients Gürsel Yilmaz
• IVT for diffuse DME Hamdi Er
• Pattern electroretinogram for monitoring the efficacy of IVT in DME Abdullah Özkiris
• IVT as primary treatment for DME Abdullah Özkiris
• Endophthalmitis following IVT in a diabetic patient Melda Yenerel
• OCT findings in DME after IVT Eylem Yaman
• The efficacy and safety of IVT for DME in eyes with and without laser photocoagulation Yusuf Uysal
• Short term results of IVT for the treatment of DME Murat Sonmez
• Posterior subtenon and IVT for DME Sengül Özdek
• IVT during phaco for patients with DME and dense cataracts Noha Khater
• IVT for DME: Part I: Refractory Cases: Two years experience Tamer Macky
• IVT for DME: Part II: Initial Intervention Mahmoud M Soliman
• Prediction of visual outcome after IVT for diffuse DME using Lotmar visometer Berkant Kaderli
• Posterior subtenon Triamcinolone injection for refractory DME; a randomized clinical trial Morteza Entezari
• IVT for refractory DME, a randomized clinical trial Mohamad H. Dehghan
• Early period OCT findings in DME after IVT Mehmet Cakir
• IVT for DME: an optical coherence tomography study Figen Batioglu
• IVT for chronic DME with severe foveal hard exudates Remzi Avci
• The effect of IVT on ontrast sensitivity in DME Cengiz Aras
• IVT and IOP Imren Akkoyun
• Duration of the effect of IVT as treatment of diffuse DME Imren Akkoyun
• In vitro evaluation of substained-release intravitreal dexamethasone implants Rubens Siqueira
• Transscleral diopsy for peripheral retinal ablation Sundaran Natarajan
• Influence of phacoemulsification surgery on progression of DR Ahmet Gucukoglu
• Diabetic vitreopapillary traction and macular edema Avinoam Ophir