IDIOPATHIC MACULAR HOLE

INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN RETINA

Scientific Program

Retrospective Movie

Saturday, September 07

Courses with Masters

• Conventional vs Small Gauge Surgery Young EVRS – Agnieszka Nowosielska
• Course on Technologies : Strategies in Traumatology Cesare Forlini
• What is New in ME Surgery? Young EVRS – Agnieszka Nowosielska
• Videotheque Course Ihab Saad Othman & Barbara Parolini
• Patient – Doctor Relationship Ferenc Kuhn
• Angiography and Swept Source OCT Ihab Saad Othman & Zofia Michalewska
• Diabetic Retinopathy Ron Adelman & Hassan Mortada
  

Combined EVRS  – MEAVRS Symposium: Macular Holes in Complex Situations

• Macular hole surgery combined with Retinal Detachment Dr. Faisal Fayyad (Jordan)
• Laser Pointer Related Macular Hole – Clinical features and management outcome Dr. Nicola Ghazi (Saudi Arabia)
• Macular hole in Behcet disease – Clinical features and management outcome Dr. Hassan AL-Dhibi (Saudi Arabia)
• Macular hole following vitrectomy Dr. Ihab Saad Othman (Egypt)
• Macular hole surgery in complex cases — Video Presentation by the participants

Retinaws 2013 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

 

Sunday, September 08

OCTs

Moderated by Zofia Michalewska

• SD-OCT Findings in Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinopathy Antonio Ciardella
• Lamina Suprachoroidea & Suprachoroidal Space Delineating the Outer Margin of the Choroid in Swept-Source OCT Zofia Michalewska
• Correlation of Normal Choroidal Thickness and Volume Measurements with Axial Length and Age Zofia Michalewska
• A New Role of Standard OCT: Diagnosis and Follow-up of Peripheral Retinal Diseases Joseph Sajish Pinackatt
• Swelling and Dimpling of Inner Retinal Layer After ILM Peeling: Multimodal Assessment Sebastien Guigou
• Photoreceptor Change & Visual Outcome After ERM Removal with or Without ILM Peeling Kyu Hyun Park
• Evolution of Pseudo-MH. Therapeutic Implications Miriam Garcia-Fernandez
• Can Phacoemulsification Induce Changes in Pseudo-MH Miriam Garcia-Fernandez
• Discussion

Retinal Detachment

Moderated by Giampaolo Gini

• Sutureless Scleral Buckling Paul Tornambe
• The Outcome of 23 Gauge PPV Without Scleral Buckle for RD Management Mohamed El-Deeb
• Sutureless Anchoring of Silicone Implants in Scleral Buckling Procedure for RD Management Sangeet Mittal
• A Novel Episcleral Macular Buckling Technique for Recurrent Macular Hole RD in High Myopia Hassan Mortada
• New Indication for Macular Buckle in High Myopia Barbara Parolini
• Retinal Detachment Surgery Tips/tricks Ahmed Sallam
• Exclusive Laser Beam Use for the Treatment of Rhegmatogenous RD (ElaDAlaR) Cesare Forlini
• Double Endotamponade PFCL & Silicone Oil in RD Surgery Pavel Lyskin
• New Silicone Oils with Molecular Design Theodor Stappler
• Hso as 1st Choice in Complicated Retinal Detachment: Checkmate in Two Moves! Cesare Forlini
• Discussion

DORC Symposium

Instruments

Moderated by Klaus Lucke

• Modification of Vitreoretinal Instruments: Perfection or Complication Lyubomyr Lytvynchuk
• Fashioned Instruments for 23 Gauge Vitrectomy Wael Ewais
• Creative Package for Macular Surgery Wael Ewais
• New 27 Gauge Microforceps: Efficiency Depends of the Distal Design ! Frederic Hamon
• Aspirating Forceps Didier Ducournau
• New Trocar Jean-Paul Amar
• The Machine Which Speaks to the Ear of the Surgeon Didier Ducournau
• Bimanual Removal of Large Foreign Bodies with a Suture Loop and a New Foreign Body Forceps Nur Acar
• Vitrectomy Using Different Light Sources and Filters Salim Ben Yahia
• Discussion

Techniques

Moderated by Klaus Lucke

• 23 Gauge Probe in Severe PDR Hassan Mortada
• Atraumatic ILM Peeling Without Forceps Ivan Fiser
• 27 Gauge One Port PPV with a Reflow Strategy for Macular Diseases and Beyond Cesare Forlini
• My Personal Technique of Idiopathic ERM Peeling David Martins
• 30 Gauge PPV in Recurrent Vitreous Hemorrhage: The Micro-invasive Technique Satyen Deka
• Combined Peeling of ERM and ILM with the Single Injection of Membrane Blue-dual Dye Nur Acar
• Salvage of a Suprachoroidal Infusion Sengul Ozdek
• Sutureless Intrascleral Haptic Fixation as a Means of IOL Fixation in Various Vitreo-retinal Conditions Pui-pui Yip
• Management of Posterior Dislocated IOL by Sutureless Scleral Fixation Using Fibrin Glue Sangeet Mittal

 

Monday, September 09

Idiopathic Macular Hole

Moderated by Ihab Saad Othman & Jerzy Nawrocki

 Introduction

• Interest of Reading Evaluation with an Eye Tracker in Idiopathic MH Before and After Surgery Frank Becquet
• Postoperative MH Closure Patterns and its Relation with the Visual Outcome Ayhan Dursun
• Development of Full Thickness MH After PPV, ERM and ILM Peeling for Idiopathic Lamellar MH Rino Frisina
• Foveal Tissue Elongation and Notching Sign After MH Surgery Se Woong Kang
• Unusual Evolution of Idiopathic MH: Report of 8 Cases David Martins
• Discussion

ILM Techniques

• Complete PPV + ILM Peeling Using ICG + 0,8 ml SF6 & 3 Days Face-down Positioning for MH Joseph Sajish Pinackatt
• Reviewing the Main Steps in Macular Hole Surgery Giampaolo Gini
• Temporal Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap for MH Jerzy Nawrocki
• Tano’ Scraper for ILM Peeling: Technique & Results Hassan Mortada
• Significance of PPV with ICG-Assisted ILM-Peeling of Idiopathic Stage 4 MH with Poor Visual Acuity Mete Gök
• Comparative Evaluation of ICG & Brilliant Blue Assisted ILM Peeping During MH Surgery Alexandra Brix
• Advantages of ILM Blue in MH Surgery Jean-Paul Amar
• Foveolar Surgery Yaroslav Bayborodov
• Discussion

Tamponade

• Treatment of MH with ILM Peeling and Different Densities of Silicone Oil Tamponade Julie Jacob
• The Most Simple Technique of Gas Tamponade Ivan Fiser
• MH Surgery: Does C3F8 Provide Better Anatomical & Functional Outcomes than SF6 and C2F6? Ahmed Sallam
• Discussion

Positioning

• MH Surgery Without Face-down Positioning Using the Latest Vitreoretinal Techniques Paul Tornambe
• Anatomical & Visual Outcomes of MH Surgery Using a Non-strict Posturing Regimen Ahmed Sallam
• Short-term Postoperative Non-supine Positioning vs Strict Face-down Positioning in MH Surgery Vegard Forsaa
• Discussion

Failures

• The Vitreous Gel as Reason of Failure in MH Surgery Vincenzo Ferrara
• Postoperatively Persistent MH: Visual Acuity Development with and Without Further Treatment Andreas Schüler
• Reoperations of MH Treated with Inverted ILM Flap Technique Jerzy Nawrocki
• Failed Closure of Idiopathic MH: Causes & Management Hassan Mortada
• Discussion

High Myopia

• Outcomes of MH Surgery with Short-duration Positioning in Highly Myopic Eyes Jean-Paul Berrod
• Inverted ILM Flap Technique in MH Associated with Pathological Myopia Jerzy Nawrocki
• Myopic Traction Maculopathy : Minimal 25 Gauge Vitrectomy and Pure Gas Bubble Cesare Forlini
• Discussion

Debate: What Should We Do?

• Moderator: Literature & Posters Review
• Moderator: The EVRS Macular Hole Study Results
• Panel Discussion

Miscellaneous

Moderated by Ahmed Sallam

• Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal Bevacizumab Monotherapy for Threshold ROP Pai Sivakami
• Pars Plana Lensectomy/Vitrectomy in Stages 4 and 5 ROP Ihab Saad Othman
• Coats’ Disease: Intravitreal Triamcinolone with or Without Transscleral Drainage: The Way to Go Ihab Saad Othman
• Excision of Multiple Capillary Hemangiomas of Retina in Rhegmatogenous RD and PVR Sangeet Mittal
• The Appropriate Timing of PPV After Pretreatment with Intravitreal Bevacizumab for PDR Nabil Taresh
• Modified Vortex Vein Decompression in Idiopathic Ciliochoroidal Effusion Ihab Saad Othman
• Super-selective Intraophthalmic Artery Melfalan for Advanced Intraocular Retinoblastoma Ihab Saad Othman
• Artificial Iris in the Treatment of Aniridia and Iris Coloboma Cesare Forlini
• Discussion

Research

Moderated by Grazia Pertile

• A Polymer-based Interface Restores Light Sensitivity in Rat Blind Retinas Grazia Pertile
• Thermodynamics in Vitreoretinal Surgery Mario R. Romano
• An iPad Application for Fundus Drawings Klaus Lucke
• Chorioretinal Adhesion Strength After High-frequency Electric Welding vs Laser Coagulation Nikolay Umanets
• A Surgeon’s Approach to Prevent PVR Ferenc Kuhn
• Discussion

Tuesday, September 10

AMD

Moderated by Agnieszka Nowosielska & Barbara Parolini

• Individualized Approach to Neovascular ARMD Treatment Sengul Ozdek
• Early Onset Exudative AMD Detected with Monthly SD-OCT with Eye-tracking of the Fellow Eye in Patients Treated with Anti-VEGF Janusz Michalewski
• Morphological Changes in SD OCT Guided Bevacizumab Injections in Wet AMD Janusz Michalewski
• Ranibizumab vs Bevacizumab vs Combined  PDT-Ranibizumab for AMD: One-year Follow-up Daniel Vilaplana
• Combined Intravitreal Anti-VEGF & Subtenon Corticosteroids in AMD to Reduce ME Recurrence Frederic Hamon
• PDT Guided by ICG for Polypoidal Vasculopathy; Long-term Results Daniel Vilaplana
• High Intensity Thermal Laser in Non-subfoveal Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Abhijit Chattopadhyay
• RPE Tears Associated with Anti-VEGF Therapy Sengul Ozdek
• Surgical Approach to Massive Subretinal Hemorrhages Secondary to Neovascular ARMD Sengul Ozdek
• Pedunculated Choroidal-RPE Patch Transplantation in Severe Neovascular Macular Degeneration Cesare Forlini
• Tachyphylaxis During Ranibizumab Treatment of Exudative ARMD Sengul Ozdek
• Discussion

Macular Edema

Moderated by Agnieszka Nowosielska & Barbara Parolini

• Intravitreal Implant of Dexamethazone for Refractory CME Rino Frisina
• Efficacy of Anti-VEGF Drugs for Macular Edema in Vitrectomized Eyes Giampaolo Gini
• Targeted PRP Directed by Optos Widefield Fluorescein Angiography to Treat Severe DME Paul Tornambe
• Intravitreal Diclofenac for ME in BRVO Anisha Seth
• Macular Photocoagulation + Bevacizumab vs Triamcinolone in DME with Serous Macular Detachment Anisha Seth
  
• Micropulsed Laser: The New Standard for ME? Martin Flores-Aguilar
• Ozurdex in Vitrectomized Eyes Sengul Ozdek
• Discussion

 

EDITED FILMS

• Bimanual Removal of Large Foreign Bodies with a Suture Loop, and a New Foreign Body Forceps Nur Acar
• Combined Peeling of ERM and ILM in One-step After Dying with Brilliant and Trypan Blue Mixture Nur Acar
• 27 Gauge Vitrectomy: A New Technology for the Future Raphael Adam
• Macular Hole Surgery: ILM Removal Without Dye Yaroslav Bayborodov
• Comparison of the Vitrectomy Machine Parameters in Rhegmatogenous RD Hande Celiker
• Intraperative Choroidal Detachment During PPV with 20 Gauge Claes Cannula System Hande Celiker
• Macular Hole Surgery – Different Situations Abhijit Chattopadhyay
• Removing the Submacular Scar Abhijit Chattopadhyay
• Atraumatic ILM Peeling Without Forceps Ivan Fiser 3rd Best Film Award
  
• 27 Gauge One Pars Plana Port Vitrectomy with a Reflow Strategy for Macular Diseases Cesare Forlini
• SCH in Blunt Trauma in PK: Early MIVS Approach with “Pole to Pole” Strategy Cesare Forlini
• Surgical Strategies in Complex Ocular Trauma Giampaolo Gini
• Hybrid 27 / 25 Gauge Vitrectomy for Macular Surgery with Flow Control Frederic Hamon
• New Dye for ILM Contrasting Natalia Kislitsyna
• Curses and Misfortune of 23 Gauge Vitrectomy Jean-François Le Rouic
• Closer Look at Physical Properties of PFCL and Silicone Oil Lyubomyr Lytvynchuk
• A New and Different Idiopathic ERM Peeling Technique David Martins 3rd Best Film Award
  
• A Piece of Steel Removed by 23 Gauge Vitrectomy David Martins
• Flying Phakic Lens David Martins
• Limited Surgery in Diabetic Retinopathy Jorge Mitre
• ERM Removal in a Case of Von Hippel Lindau Angioma Post-brachytherapy Ihab Saad Othman
• Expulsive Hemorrhage During Penetrating Keratoplasty Ihab Saad Othman
• PPV with Choroid-RPE Patch Graft for Massive Hemorrhage Due to Neovascular ARMD Sengul Ozdek 3rd Best Film Award
  
• CNV in AMD Barbara Parolini Best of Show
• Iris Reconstruction Barbara Parolini
• Retinal Fold in Macula After PVR Barbara Parolini
• Cure for Idiopathic Macular Hole Cosmin Rosca
• Use of Entry Wound as Route for Metallic IOFB Removal Lodged in the Ciliary Body Manoj Saxena
• Is Process of Epiretinal Membrane Biopsy Analysis Easy? Nabil Taresh
• How to Treat an Endophtalmitis Secondary to a Blebitis? Daniel Vilaplana 2nd Best Film Award
  
• Retinal Detachment Post-Keratoplasty and an Iris-fixed IOL Implantation Daniel Vilaplana

 SCIENTIFIC POSTERS

• Differentiated Surgical Tactics for Idiopathic MH Ural Altynbaev
• Chronic Elevated Intraocular Pressure Following Silicone Oil Tamponade for Complex RD Imen Ammous
• Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Change in Wet AMD Treated with Ranibizumab Ozen Ayranci Osmanbasoglu
• Comparison Between  Diclofenac &  Dexamethasone on Blood-aqueous Barrier Breakdown Salim Ben Yahia
• Surgical Management of Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous Salim Ben Yahia
• Surgical Treatment of Macular Hole Complicating Behçet’s Uveitis Salim Ben Yahia
• Transpupillary Thermotherapy for Coats’ Disease with Multiple Macroaneurysms in the Posterior Pole Salim Ben Yahia
• A Dramatic Complication After Idiopathic MH Surgery: Retinal Phototoxicity Joaquin Castro Navarro
• Can Retinitis Pigmentosa Influence MH Surgical Results? Joaquin Castro Navarro
• Does Incomplete Irvan Syndrome Exist? Joaquin Castro Navarro
• Mutation in the Exon 6 of Gene RDH12 Associated to Severe Early-onset Macular Degeneration Joaquin Castro Navarro
• Spontaneous Closure of Stage IV Idiopathic MH and Late Reopening as a Lamellar MH Joaquin Castro Navarro
• Lens Status and Outcomes of Idiopathic MH Surgery Osman Cekic
• Retinal Vessel Response to Intravitreal Bevacizumab in Diabetic Eyes Osman Cekic
• Choroidal Thickness Measurement in Myopic Eyes by Enhanced Depth OCT Vesta Cheuk Ki Chan
• Comparison of Success Rate According to the Duration of Prone Positioning After MH Surgery Young-suk Chang
• Twenty-four Hours Clinical and Tomographical Changes After Dexamethasone Intravitreal Administration Barbara Delas
• 1% Topical Brinzolamide, First Results of Clinical Outcomes on ME in Vitrectomized Eyes Giuseppe Donvito
• A Case Report of Melanocytoma Monitoring and Diagnosis Francisco Garcia Franco
• Long-term Evolution of Combined Hamartoma of the Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Miriam Garcia-Fernandez
• Retinal Occlusive Vasculitis and Panuveitis with Secondary Neovascular Glaucoma After Heart Transplant Miriam Garcia-Fernandez
• Surgical Results in Bilateral Full-thickness MH After Laser-assisted in Situ Keratomileusis for Myopia Miriam Garcia-Fernandez
• Effect of Intravitreal Ranibizumab on Cardiac Ischemic Parameters and Vascular Endothelial Function Altan Goktas
• Candida Albicans Endophthalmitis After PPV in Hemovitreous Secondary to Retinal Macroaneurysm Israel Gomez Sanchez
• Retinal Detachment After Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant Israel Gomez Sanchez
• 23 Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Patients with Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment and Choroidal Detachment Hülya Güngel
• The Effect of the Metabolic Activity of the Retina on the Cholesterol and Fatty Acids’s Contents of the Removed Silicone Oils Hülya Güngel
• Micropulse Laser for ME: Principles, New Parameters and Results with 577 nm Frederic Hamon
• The Correlation Among Central Retinal Thickness, Microperimetry and Contrast Sensitivity in DME Kuhl Huh
• Effect of PDT on the Function of Outer Blood-retinal Barrier Yun Il Suk
• Ocular Adverse Events Related to Intravitreal Ranibizumab  in Patients with Exudative ARMD Umit Ubeyt Inan
• MH Combined with Ruptured Retinal Arterial Macroaneurysm Young Joon Jo
• Intravitreal Triamcinolone Versus Bevacizumab for Treatment of Subretinal Fluid in Diabetic Retinopathy Levent Karabas
• Comparison of the Axial Length Measurement by Partial Interferometry and Sonography in the Retinal Vein Occlusion Jung Yeul Kim
• The Effect of Pathologic Myopia on the Result of MH Surgery Hakyoung Kim
• 3 Cases of MH Following Intravitreal Injection with Ranibizumab Youngduk Kim
• Three Consecutive Loading Dose of Ranibizumab for the Treatment of Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation Jin-woo Kwon
• Clinical Outcomes According to Silicone Oil Removal Timing in PDR Daeyoung Lee
• Effects of Repeated Subthreshold Micropulse Laser Photocoagulation in Rabbit Eyes Dongkyu Lee
• Efficacy of Intravitreal Anti-vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Acute Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: One-Year Results Seung Jun Lee
• Pattern Scan Laser vs Conventional Panretinal Photocoagulation in PDR Tae Gon Lee
• Primary Repair of Rhegmatogenous RD Using 25 Gauge Transconjuctival Sutureless Vitrectomy Younghoon Lee
• Double Endotamponade with PFCL – Silicone Oil in RD Surgery: Physical and Chemical Interaction Pavel Lyskin
• Bilateral Amaurosis in Patient Medicated with Quinine: A Case Report David Martins
• Complementary Angiographic and Autofluorescence Findings in Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum Fatiha Metti
• OCT Findings in Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Fatiha Metti
• The Change of Macular Thickness Measured by OCT in Diabetic Patients Sang Woong Moon
• Expression Pattern of Extracellular Matrix Components After Ranibizumab for Neovascular ARMD Malgorzata Nita 3rd Best Poster Award
  
• Surgical Treatment of Endophthalmitis Following Intraocular Surgery and Eye Trauma Katarzyna Nowomiejska
• MH After Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection for DME Jaeryung Oh
• Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of 25 and 23 Gauge Vitrectomy for PDR Mehmet Onen
• Comparison of Anterior Segment Complications Between PPV vs PPV Combined with Cataract Surgery Berna Ozkan
• Effect of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor on the Expression of Hypoxia Inducible Factor in Human Muller Cells Sang Jun Park 1st Best Poster Award
  
• Choroidal Folds in High Hyperopic Ana Isabel Pastor Vivas
• Vogt Koyanagi Harada. Total Resolution After Corticosteroid Treatment Ana Isabel Pastor Vivas
• The Arrest of Dry AMD Development by Means of LED-based Low-light Therapy. The Dynamic of Acuity and Macular Pigment Optical Density Oleksandr Pekaryk
• Results of Idiopathic MH Surgeries Lidmila Prochazkova
• OCT Guided MH Form Factor as a Predictor of Surgical Outcome in Indocyanine Green Assisted ILM Peeling in the Treatment of Non-idiopathic Full Thickness MH Satya Pal Raji 
• The Entry Wound as Route for Removal of Retained Metallic IOFB Lodged in the Ciliary Body Area Manoj Saxena
• Immune Recovery Uveitis in Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Anisha Seth
• Spectral Domain OCT Analysis of MH Closure in Inverted Limiting Membrane Flap Technique Mohamed Shaheeda
• Bevacizumab for Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization in a Child Gavin Tan
• Role of Inflammatory Process in Membrane Formation Different Retinal Diseases Histapathological Study Nabil Taresh 2nd Best Poster Award
  
• Retinal Incarceration as a Method of Temporary Retinal Fixation During the Autologous RPE Transplantation Chi Wai Tsang
• Chorioretinal Adhesion Strength After High-frequency Electric Welding vs Laser Coagulation Nikolay Umanets
• Development of Angle Closure Glaucoma 2 Years After Vitrectomy with Silicone Oil Tamponade Erkan Unsal
• Development of Phacogenic Non-granulomatous Uveitis and RD 2 Years After Complicated Cataract Surgery Erkan Unsal
• Combined Tractional and Rhegmatogenous RD in Diabetic Patients Zbiba Walid
• Removal of the Internal Borderline Membrane in DME Treatment Olga Yevsyukova
• Can Size of ILM Peeling Have an Effect on Elongation of Foveal Tissue After MH Surgery? Hee Seong Yoon
• The Availability of 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in the BRVO Il Han Yun
• Dexamethasone Implant in a Pregnant Woman for the Treatment of ME in CRVO Jesus Zarallo Gallardo