MACULAR UPDATE

Retrospective Movie

Sunday, June 19th

Macula Pot Pourri

• An unusual large tractional macular break Salim Ben Yahia
• One port PPV for ERM treatment: slit lamp & new AC maintainer in phakic patients Cesare Forlini
• Treatment of macular detachment in patients with optic pit Sven Crafoord
• Vitrectomy for optic pit-related retinal detachment Ferenc Kuhn
• Temporal RON for optic disc pit associated with macular detachment Murat Karacorlu
• Hemorrhagic macular cysts in Terson syndrome Ferenc Kuhn
• Macular bleeding associated with sexual activity in patient receiving anticoagulants Salim BenYahia
• Therapeutic effect of propranolol on central serous chorioretinopathy Alireza Ramezani
• Results of PDT for idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy S. Natarajan
• OCT in active choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathologic myopia Murat Karacorlu

 ARMD Medical Treatment

• The RPE in health and disease: a role for lipofuscin and melanin in ARMD Mike Boulton
• Neoangiogenesis in ARMD Lennart Berglin
• Is vitreous adhesion a risk factor for CNV in AMD? Martine Mauget-Faÿsse
• Preferential Hyper acuity Perimeter: clinical and angiographic correlations Guy L’Helgoual’ch
• Variations of the visual function according to the therapy Christian Malbrel
• One year results of PDT in eyes with choroidal neovascular membranes due to ARMD Tugrul Altan
• Encouraging results of PDT with verteporfin in a clinical patient material of ARMD Christina Frennesson
• PDT in the treatment of retinal angiomatous proliferation Marcio Nehemy
• PDT for CNV in juvenile disciform macular degeneration. Case report of 4 Icelandic cases Ingimundur Gislason
• Photodynamic therapy with visudyne: complications Guy L ‘Helgoual’ch
• Histological characteristics of neovascular membranes in AMD after PDT: Comparison with spontaneous evolution, laser photocoagulation, radiotherapy Didier Ducournau
• Combined treatment: PDT with visudyne and IVT Guy L’Helgoual’ch
• Unicentric, randomized, open, parallel study of comparison of PDT V/s IVT S. Natarajan
• OCT evaluation of serous PED after IVT and PDT for exudative ARMD Murat Karacorlu
• Anecortave acetate depot suspension for treatment of exudative ARMD Marc de Smet
• Rheopheresis to eradicate the drusen – CNV cascade Frank Koch
• VEGF inhibition study in ocular neovascularization: Outcomes from the phase II/III Macugen pivitol trials Thomas Friberg

Monday, June 20th

 ARMD Surgical Approach

• Surgical extraction of choroidal neovascular membranes Ziya Kapran
• Current management of juxtapapilar choroidal neovascular lesions Jaume Catala
• Combined surgical ablation and IVT for retinal angiomatous proliferation Francesco Boscia
• Limited invasive procedures to treat CNV’s in ARMD Frank Koch
• The use of tPA in the management of sub-retinal hemorrhages Theodoros Potamitis
• Management of sub macular hemorrhage Pietro Rossi
• Therapeutic approach to acute submacular hemorrhage Ziya Kapran
• Vitrectomy and subretinal tPA in submacular hemorrhage Mehmet Cakir
• Role of subretinal R-TPA in management of subretinal haemorrhage due to ARMD S. Natarajan
• An Update on macular rotation surgery for large subretinal neovascular membranes Klaus Lucke
• Four years experience with macular translocation Zoran Tomic
• New approaches to severe incyclotorsion induced by macular translocation Jonathan M. Holmes
• Macular translocation in selected cases of CNV and heavy silicone tamponade Cesare Forlini
• Surgery for ARMD complicated by massive subretinal hemorrhage Nataliya Nehus
• Full macular translocation for massive submacular hemorrhage secondary to exudative ARMD Hassan Mortada
• Full macular translocation vs. PDT for Neovascular ARMD – Intermediate results of a prospective controlled, randomized pilot study Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt
• RPE and choroid translocation Jan Van Meurs
• Artificial bruch’s membrane implant: preliminary results on animal Fabio Patelli

Maculopathies: Pathogenesis, Functional Testing & Imaging

• Pathogenesis of macular edema in branch retinal vein occlusion: New approach Jiri Rehak
• Clinicodiagnostic correlation of macular disease Jerzy Nawrocki
• OCT as a screening method for diabetic macular edema Maria Sydorova
• The value of OCT in AMD Urban Eriksson
• Serous macular detachment in diabetic cystoid macular edema Murat Karacorlu
• Macular function after scleral buckling surgery for recent-onset RD Patrik Schatz
• Pre-and postoperative functional and anatomical changes in patients with idiopathic ERM Frank Becquet
• Evaluation of macular activity using mfERG in patients with BRVO, before and after sheatotomy Adam Cywinski
• ILM peeling in macular surgery: a common physiopathological mechanism suggested by functional results Jean-François Le Rouic
• ILM removal, how does it work? Didier Ducournau

 Tuesday, June 21st

Vitreomacular Interface Visualization and Surgical Approach

• Visualization aids in VR interface disorders, what does the staining pattern tell us? Silvia Bopp
• PPV with ILM peeling in MH surgery Yaprak Banu Unver
• Trypan blue assisted removal of ILM and ERM Murat Oncel
• Vitreoretinal surgery for ERM Nur Acar
• The use of Trypan blue for the staining of the ILM: Why not? Vincenzo Ferrara
• Trypan blue staining for MH and macular pucker surgery Jerzy Nawrocki
• ILM Peeling with ICG or trypan blue in MH surgery: a prospective randomized trial Hans Hoerauf
• RPE protection from ICG staining Cesare Forlini
• Kenalog assisted removal of ILM in MH surgery Theodoros Potamitis
• Patterns of posterior cortical vitreous attachment in myopic macular hole RD Hassan Mortada
• Triam-time: “Parmesan” central vitrectomy in macular disease Cesare Forlini
• Illuminated vitrector, facilitates bimanual vitrectomy, and benefits in MH surgery without demand for face down Jan-Olof Carlsson
• ILM surgery: using a new viewing system without endoillumination Murat Oncel
• Surgical slit lamp advantages for macular surgery Didier Ducournau
• ILM removal indications and techniques Ferenc Kuhn
• The FILMS procedure for ILM atraumatic removal Ferenc Kuhn
• Taut posterior hyaloid removal in diabetic macular edema Ziya Kapran
• Management of thick fibrovascular membrane with plasma blade Indu Singh
• Posterior vitreous detachment induced by plasmin enzyme during surgery Claudio Azzolini

Sutureless Vitrectomy

• 25g sutureless surgery for macular pucker Athanasios Nikolakopoulos
• 25g sutureless vitrectomie for post cataract cystic macular edema Athanasios Nikolakopoulos
• Combined water phaco fragmentation and 25g surgery for macular pucker Athanasios Nikolakopoulos
• 25G vitrectomy for ERM and vitreo-macular traction syndromes: short-term results Anne-Catherine Gribomont
• Short term functional and anatomic changes after 25G vitreoretinal surgery for ERM Francesco Boscia
• Outcomes following 25-Gauge Vitrectomies For Primarily Macualr Diseases Colin McCannel
• Our experience with new techniques in macular surgery: 25-G and 23-G Zoran Tomic
• 25g vitrectomy with topical anaesthesia Ioannis Theocharis
• Combined sutureless cataract and vitreous surgery Márcio Nehemy

Vitreomacular Interface Surgical Outcomes

• Clinical course and results of surgical treatment of ERM Viktoria Mester
• ERM surgery: with and without ILM peeling Murat Oncel
• Macular ERM with spontaneous partial detachment Etienne Bovey
• ILM removal on stage 1 macular hole Mario Pacini
• OCT in choice of tactics of surgical treatment for initial stages of idiopathic MH Oleg Ulasevich
• ILM removal in idiopathic MH versus myopic MH; differences in technique and results Khaled El-Rakhawy
• Sparkling Technique Didier Ducournau
• Is face down positioning necessary in MH surgery? Jan-Olof Carlsson
• Does using IVT during ILM peeling affect the outcome of MH surgery? Murat Karacorlu
• Results of surgery in traumatic MH Tugrul Altan

Wednesday, June 22nd

How Effective is Triamcinolone in Maculopathies?

• The many faces of triamcinolone Giampaolo Gini
• IVT for DME: Primary Vs Secondary Balakrishna Vineeth Kumar
• Confounding factors on the effect of IVT for refractory DME Alireza Ramezani
• IVT acetonide injection for the management of DME Mehmet Cakir
• Regression of serous macular detachment after IVT Murat Karacorlu
• IVT for diabetic massive macular hard exudates Salim Ben Yahia
• IVT acetonide injection for the management of BRVO Nur Acar
• Different effect of IVT in the management of ME secondary to perfusion type and ischemic type BRVO Yun-Sik Yang
• The effect of IVT on optic nerve head topography Yusuf Akar

Surgical Treatment of Macular Edema

• Laser treatment for macular edema Elisabeth Agardh
• The natural history of DME: literature review and personal experience Barbara Parolini
• Vitrectomy versus natural history for non-tractional DME: the Vide Study Giacomo Panozzo
• Vitrectomy for chronic pseudophakic cystoid macular edema Maria Stefaniotou
• Clinical outcome after vitrectomy with or without ILM peeling in PDR patients with DME Lars – Olof Hattenbach
• Results and complications of vitrectomy and ILM removal in the treatment of ME Ferenc Kuhn
• Macular edema in BRVO. Early treatment with laser arteriolar constriction technique: New approach Jiri Rehak
• Use of YAG-laser retinopuncture for the treatment of CME caused by thrombosis of central retinal vein and its branches Igor Malov
• Comparative study of surgical and conservative MD of vascular occlusions Indu Singh
• OCT evaluation of macular edema after RON in patients affected by CRVO Fabio Patelli

Posters Session

•  Severe blindness – a rare but devastating complication of dengue fever Bob Ching-Li Chen
•  Choroidal neovascularization after accidental macular damage by laser Márcio Nehemy
•  Phacoemulsification on previously vitrectomized eyes for macular disease Zsuzsanna Szijarto
•  A comparison 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 hemorrhages in patients with ARMD receiving antithrombotic agents Claudia Kuhli
•  The Minnesota grading system of eyebank eyes for ARMD Timothy W. Olsen
•  Management of submacular hemorrhage 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 efficacy 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
•  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