IDIOPATHIC MACULAR HOLE
INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN RETINA
Scientific Program
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
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