MACULAR EDEMAS
MEDICAL VS SURGICAL RETINA: NEW FRONTIERS

Scientific Program

Retrospective Movie

Homage to Klaus Lucke

2012 EVRS History

Saturday, September 15

EVRTS Update (for Alumni only) Klaus Lucke and EVRTS lecturers

• You can quiz the lecturers you met in Bremen about the problems you have encountered since.

Courses

• High School of Ocular Trauma — When Anterior Meets Posterior Cesare Forlini
• Intravitreal Injections for Wet AMD Young EVRS
• Pathologic Myopia Silvia Bopp
• Vitrectomy for Macular Cases Young EVRS
• Update on Macular Degeneration Ron Adelman
• Vitreo Macular Interface Disorders Hassan Mortada & Jerzy Nawrocki
  

Sunday, September 16

Macular Edema General Considerations

Moderated by Didier Ducournau & Jean-Paul Amar

Basic Science

• Neurobiological Principles Applied to Retinal Diseases Nicolas Cuenca
• Pathological Findings in Macular Edema Didier Ducournau
• Quantitative Determination and Comparison of Intravitreal Cytokines in PDR and RVO Michael Koss

Principles of Treatment

• 27 G One Pars Plana Port Vitrectomy with a Reflow Strategy Cesare Forlini
• Various Dyes for ILM Peeling Silvia Bopp
• ILM Peeling Technique Jean-Paul Amar
• ILM Peeling Different Tricks Didier Ducournau
• History of Development of Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab Ron Adelman
• Persistent Ocular Hypertension Following Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Agents Ron Adelman
• Discussion

Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane

Moderated by Jerzy Nawrocki & Iwona Partyka

• What is an ERM; How Could ILM Peeling Work? Didier Ducournau
• The Importance of Gas Injection in Idiopathic ERM Peeling Recovery Philippe Koch
• Incidence of Cystoid Maclar Edema After Vitrectomy for ERM Barbara Parolini
• Long-term Spectral Domain OCT After Surgery for ERM Zosia Michalewska
• En-face OCT Analysis of the Retinal Surface Changes After ILM Peeling for ERM Jean-François Le Rouic
• What Happens to the Macula Following ERM Surgery: OCT and Visual Changes Sengul Ozdek
• Natural Course and Surgical Treatment of Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome Jerzy Nawrocki
• The EVRS Macular Edema Study Results
• Discussion

Macular Edema After Retinal Vein Occlusion

Moderated by Klaus Lucke & Ron Adelman

Various Treatments

• 3 Bevacizumab vs 2 Triamcinolone Injections in Recent CRVO Alireza Ramezani
• 3 Bevacizumab vs 2 Triamcinolone Injections in Recent BRVO Alireza Ramezani
• Combined Therapy for Recurrent Macular Edema Following RVO Maurizio Mete
• Combined Therapy of Macular Edema Following RVO Diana Chichur
• Evaluating Adjunctive Surgery to Ozurdex for the Treatment Macular Edema Following RVO Frank Becquet
• Medical Limits in Macular Edema After RVO Guy L’Helgoual’ch
• Surgery Associated with Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Agents in CRVO. A More Rational Approach? Giampaolo Gini
• ILM Peeling in RVO Jean-Paul Amar
• ILM Peeling in RVO Didier Ducournau

Review of Literature &  Debate: What Should We Do?

• Literature & Posters Review
• The EVRS Macular Edema Study Results
• Discussion

Retinaws 2012 at EVRS Directed by Kourous A. Rezaei

• When the Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going – A comprehensive video course on retinal misadventures in the operating room

Monday, September 17

Diabetic Macular Edema

Moderated by Ihab Saad Othman & Zosia Michalewska

DME Fundament

• Terminologic Confusion in DME Sengul Ozdek
• Vitreoretinal Interface Abnormalities Associated with Diffuse DME: Diagnosis and Management Hassan Mortada
• High Systolic Blood Pressure is Related to Macular Edema in Diabetic Patients Soo Geun Joe
• Discussion

ILM Peeling

• DME: 15 Injections or 1 Surgery? Ferenc Kuhn
• Vitrectomy for DME – An Alternative to Anti-VEGF Therapy? Andreas Schüler
• Vitrectomy Outcome in Traction Diffuse DME Hassan Mortada
• Vitrectomy Outcome in Resistent Non-tractional Diffuse DME Hassan Mortada
• PPV in Management of Type 1 Non-tractional DME After Failure of all Therapies Ihab Saad Othman
• Does Vitreous Surgery for Diabetes Complications Have an Influence on the Course of Macular Edema in Long-term Follow-up? Jerzy Nawrocki
• ILM Peeling in Patients with Clinically Significant DME: Long-term Outcomes Maria Chiara Freno
• Discussion

Intra Vitreal Injections

• The Effectiveness and Safety of Triamcinolone Injections in DME Hanna Zajac-Pytrus
• Effectivity of Intravitreal Triamcinolone Injections for Diabetic Cystoid Macular Edema Alexey Putienko
• Comparison of Endovitreal Triamcinolone with Betamethasone in DME Yana Sirman
• Fluocinolone Acetonide Implants for the Treatment of Chronic DME Albert Augustin
• Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema with Ranibizumab Ron Adelman
• Aflibercept (VEGF Trap Eye, Eylea) for Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema Ron Adelman
• Discussion

Laser

• Micropulse Contiguous Grid Laser for Resistant Diffuse DME Stephen Sinclair
• Micropulsed 577 nm Laser Stimulation for DME Martin Flores-Aguilar
• Effectiveness of Combined Betamethasone and Laser Coagulation for DME Yana Sirman
• Micropulse Laser Following Intra Vitreal Bevacizumab in Diffuse DME Ihab Saad Othman
• Discussion

Severe Cases

• Miniinvasive Vitrectomy as a Gold Standard for Severe PDR Cesare Forlini
• Severe PDR Surgical Strategy Malgorzata Pietras-Trzpiel

Comparative Studies

• Comparative Study of Vitrectomy with ILM Peeling vs Anti-VEGF in DME Jerzy Nawrocki
• Multiple Therapeutical Approaches for the Same DME Case Horia Stanca
• Design of a Comparative Study Anti-VEGF vs Surgery for DME Andreas Schüler
• Self Testing in Macular Edema: Possible Applications and Their Limits Wolfgang Schrader

Review of Literture & Debate: What Should We Do?

• Literature & Posters Review
• The EVRS Macular Edema Study Results
• Discussion

Tuesday, September 18

Finally: Medical or Surgical Treatment?

Moderated by Ferenc Kuhn

• Individualized Treatment in Macular Edema: Focal vs Diffuse Ivan Fiser
• Finally … What to do? Discussion
• The EVRS Macular Edema Study: General Conclusions

Zivojnovic Award Lecture

Other Macular Edemas

Moderated by Barbara Parolini & Agnieszka Nowosielska

• Efficacy of Citicoline in Treatment of Diffuse Macular Edema After Successful Surgery of RRD Ivan Levytskyy
• Dome-shaped Macula in Non Myopic Patients; Description and Management Fernando Faus Guijarro
• Modified Vitreo Retinal Instruments for Macular Surgery on Eyes with High Myopia Lyubomyr Lytvynchuk
• Focal RPE Angiographic Leaks Visualized by En-face OCT: “A New Diagnostic Technique” Vladimir Poposki
• Natural Course of Disc Pit Zosia Michalewska
• Treatment of Optic Pit Maculopathy with Vitrectomy and Arcuate ILM Peeling Jerzy Nawrocki
• Etiology and Treatment of Serous Macular Detachment Associated with Optic Pit – Clinical Case Claudia Bacalhau
• Tractional Macular Edema in Coats’ Disease After Laser, Cryo and Anti-VEGF; A 25 G MIVS Approach Cesare Forlini
• Macular Edema and Exudates in the Pediatric Age Group Ihab Saad Othman
• Cystoid Macular Edema in Retinitis Pigmentosa Christine Kusserow-Napp
• Macular Dilemas in Retinitis Pigmentosa Agnieszka Nowosielska
• Management of ME in Retinitis Pigmentosa with Topical Dorzolamide Ihab Saad Othman
• Citalopram Associated with Unilateral Cystoid Macular Edema Alexik Mikulas
• Discussion

EDITED FILMS

• Silicone Oil Removal Using 23 G TSV with External Suction Pump Woohyok Chang
• A New Macular Hole Closure Technique Marzio Chizzolini
• 23 G PPV Under Topical Anesthesia Hande Etus
• Post-traumatic Aniridia – Open Sky Artificial Iris and Secondary IOL Implantation: One Step Technique Cesare Forlini THIRD AWARD
  
• 23 G PPV with Massive Circular Uveal Effusion: A Small Cut with Large Impact Fabian Höhn BEST OF SHOW
  
• A Subretinal Surprise José Lorenzo Carrero, Alexandros Deligiannidis, Ines Pérez Flores
• Success Rate of Primary Retinal Detachment Surgery Ahmed Sallam
• Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention in Ocular Trauma Wolfgang Schrader
• Homemade Chandelier Technique Laurent Velasque SECOND AWARD
  
• Sectioned and Dislocated IOL Inside the Vitreous Cavity with an Associated Giant Retinal Tear Daniel Vilaplana
• Complicated Cataract Surgery with Lens Cortex Luxation and Traumatic Iridodialysis Daniel Vilaplana

 SCIENTIFIC POSTERS

• Early Treatment of ME Secondary to CRVO with Intravitreal Bevacizumab Zeynep Alkin
• Ranibizumab for Residual Exudative Macular Detachment After PPV for Congenital Optic Pit Ural Altynbaev
  
• Submacular Surgery of High Pigment Epithelial Detachment in ARMD Ural Altynbaev 
• Current Opinions in Non VR Surgeons for the Management of a Dropped Nucleus Yianna Antoniou
• Management of Choroidal Neovascularisation in Best’s Disease Yianna Antoniou
• The Surgical Management of a Dropped Nucleus – A Vitreoretinal Approach Yianna Antoniou
• Enhanced Depth Imaging OCT of the Choroid in DME Francisco J. Ascaso
• ME Secondary to Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Treated by PDT Without Verteporfin Francisco J. Ascaso
• Cystoid ME After Macular Hole Surgical Closure Claudia Bacalhau
• Enlarged ILM Peeling in Idiopatic Macular Hole Surgery: A Retrospective Study Claudia Bacalhau
• Bilateral Retinal Hemorrhage – Case Report Pedro Borges
• Combined Cataract Surgery and Intravitreal Ranibizumab  in Preventing Postoperative ME in Non-proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Ju Byung Chae
• PPV, Subretinal Injection of TPa and Intraocular Gas Tamponade for Thick Submacular Hemorrhage with ARMD Woohyok Chang
• Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Modifications After ILM Peeling Antonio Ciardella
• A Comparison of Brilliant Blue G, Triamcinolone and Indocyanine Green Dyes to Assist ILM Peeling During Macular Hole Surgery Kubilhan Elmas
• Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection Alone or Combined with Triamcinolone vs Macular Photocoagulation as Primary Treatment of DME Kubilhan Elmas
• HSO as First Choice in Complicated RD: Checkmate in Two Moves ! Cesare Forlini
• ME Secondary to Choroidal Neovascularization Associated with Choroiditis and Congenital Toxoplasmosis Chorioretinal Scars Rino Frisina
• PPV for Treatment of Diffuse Non Tractional DME Rino Frisina
• Assessment of Angiographic Findings of Diabetic Patients Who Underwent PPV for ERM or Taut Posterior Hyaloid Hülya Güngel
• Can Serous Macular Detachment Help to Predict the Types of Maculopathy and the Severity of Retinopathy in Diabetic Patients? Hülya Güngel
• The Effect of Anti-VEGF Treatment on Fundus Fluorescein Angiographic Findings in AMD Cases Hülya Güngel
• Double Staining and Removal of the ILM Does not Alter Clinical Outcomes of ERM Surgery Yun II Han
• Phakoanaphylactic Endophthalmitis 67 Years After Trauma Fabian Höhn
• Effect of Doxium on High Sensitivity CRP and Endothelin-1 Serum Levels in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy Alireza Javadzadeh
• Relationship of Elevated Osteoprotegerin with Exudative ARMD Alireza Javadzadeh
• Correlation Between Subfoveal Chroidal Thickness and Stage of Diabetic Retinopathy Jee Taek Kim BEST OF SHOW
• Combined Treatment with Sub-tenon Injection of Triamcinolone and Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injection in Refractory Neovascular ARMD June Gone Kim
• The Effect of Preplaced Suture on Postoperative Transient Hypotony After Pars Plana Silicone Oil Removal June Gone Kim
• Spectral Domain OCT Findings in Malattia Leventinese Yu Cheol Kim
• Proteomics in Exudative AMD Michael Koss
• Comparison of Postoperative Visual Field and Nerve Fiber Layer Change in RRD Dae Young Lee
• Clinical Outcomes of Ultrahigh-speed 23 G with Duty Cycle Control System in the Treatment of PDR Complicated by Tractional RD Jung Ho Lee
• ILM Peeling as Prevention of Morphological Macular Abnormalities After Successful Surgery of Complicated RRD Galyna Levytska
• Full Thickness Macular Hole as a Complication of Idiopathic Parafoveal Telangiectasia: A Spectral Domain OCT Analysis Laurence Lim
• Intravitreal Ranibizumab for Best’s Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy in a 38 Year-old Asian Woman Sun Taek Lim
• Long-term Outcome of PPV and C3F8 Tamponade in the Treatment of Myopic Macular Hole Associated RD Chi Fung Ernie Lo
• Unusual Post-op High VA After Scleral Buckling with Incomplete Macular Reattachment Lyubomyr Lytvynchuk
• Implantation of Masoud Lens Balloon in Vitreous Cavity for Aphakic Patient with RD and ME for Treatment and to Prevent Postoperative Complications Mehran Masoudnaseri
• Possibility of Complex Nano-bio-lent Mehran 3 for Scleral Buckling in RD with Vessels Pathology Mehran Masoudnaseri 
• Relationship Between Interpupillary Visual Axis Distances and Level of Intelligence Mehran Masoudnaseri
• Retina Transplantation with Masoud Nano-silver Complex Balloon and Amacrine Stem Cell Mehran Masoudnaseri
• Combination Treatment of PDT and Intravitreal Ranibizumab for CNV Secondary to Angioid Streaks – 12-Month Results Fatiha Metti
• Functional and Anatomical Effect of Laser and Intravitreal Injection on the Persistence of Serous Macular Detachment Özen Osmanbasoglu
• Do Neovascular AMD Lesions Associated with PED Behave Differently to Anti-VEGF Treatment? Sengul Ozdek
• Comparison of Triamcinolone vs Bevacizumab Combined with Grid Laser in ME Due to BRVO Abdullah Özkaya
• Determination of Ischemic Diabetic Maculopathy According to SOCT Data Oleg Parkhomenko
• Autologous Transplantation of RPE & Choroid for Wet AMD: Functional Results and Prognostic Factors After a Long-term Follow-up Barbara Parolini SECOND AWARD
  
• Lamellar Macular Hole: A Clinicopathologic Correlation of Surgically Excised ERM Barbara Parolini
• Comparing the Results of ERM and Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome Surgeries Lidmila Prochazkova
• Outcomes of PPV for Non-clearing Vitreous Hemorrhage in PDR Deepa Rathore
• Intravitreal Ranibizumab Combined with Selective Laser Coagulation of Pigment Epithelium for Cystoid DME Zoya Rozanova
• Correlation Between Post-operative OCT Changes and Best Corrected VA After PPV for RD Andrii Sergienko
• A Case of Purtscher-like Retinopathy Associated with Coil Embolization of a Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm Hyun Seung Yang
• Changes in IOP, Central Macular Thickness, Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Choroial Thickness After Hemodialysis Sung Jae Yang THIRD AWARD
  
• Clinical Outcomes of Intravitreal Bevacizumab  Combined with Laser Photocoagulation as Primary Treatment of DME Hee Seong Yoon
• Ischemic Changes After Intravitreal Injections for Treatment of ME with CRVO Jo Young Joon
• Traumatic Retinal Dialysis: Breaking the Trends Jonathan Yu