European VitreoRetinal Society a certain philosophy

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xn7l4j http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xn7l58 Katerina Papastavrou, Yianna Antoniou, Theodoros Potamitis (Limassol, Cyprus) The management of a retinal detachment patient does not stop after the reattachment of the retina. Often the most devastating complications and loss of vision occur long after the vitreo-retinal surgeon has finished his/her work. Thinking about glaucoma before vitreo-retinal surgery,...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xn7l4j http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xn7l58 A. Sergienko, L. Lytvynchuk, I. Kozlovska, Galina Y. Lavrenchuk, O. Fylypchuk, V. Siriachenko (Kyiv, Ukraine) Advantages: To evaluate the incidence of secondary glaucoma after pars plana vitrectomy due to silicon oil emulsification in different terms of endotamponade and to study the efficacy of trabeculectomy in refractory cases to medical...

M Nuñez, JM Pérez, P Blasco, N Urrestarazu, MP Mendivil, A Grijalvo (Bilbao, Spain) Advantages: The importance of ophthalmologists in detecting systemic diseases. In this case, thanks to an adequate ophthalmologic examination, the diagnosis of a bacterial endocarditis was made. The patient did benefit from receiving antibiotic therapy and a replacement of the mitral valve. Case Report: A 74-year-old woman complained of visual loss in her...

Dae Young Lee, Hoon Seok Jeong, Hae Jung Paik, Dong Heun Nam (Incheon, South Korea) Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation through the anterior chamber versus through the pars plana. Patients & Methods: A retrospective review of the records of 35 eyes (32 patients) that underwent Ahmed Glaucoma Valve surgery from 2007 to 2010. 18 eyes had anterior chamber insertion (AI) versus 17 eyes with pars...

Osman Çekiç, M. Selim Kocabora, Kübra Þerefoðlu (Istanbul, Turkey) Advantages: To present data on the long-term intraocular pressure changes after vitrectomy. Methods: A retrospective observational study was undertaken of patients that underwent pars plana vitrectomy. The main outcome measure was final intraocular pressure (IOP) of the vitrectomized eye. Confounding cases were excluded. Effectiveness / Safety: A total of 41 eyes of...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2010/congress/Non-Age-Related-Macular-Degeneration-Nor-Diabetes-Neovascularization.flv Katia Papastavrou, Theodoros Potamitis, Maria Staktopoullou (Limassol, Cyprus) Advantages: Neovascularization of the anterior segment and anterior chamber angle is a devastating complication of many retinal vasculopathies. The use of intravitreal bevacizumab is minimally invasive and it is very effective in controlling...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2010/videos/DaliborCholevik_VP6_768K.flv Dalibor Cholevik, Jan Nemcansky, Petr Masek (Ostrava, Czech Republic) Advantages: To enhance visibility during vitrectomy in patients with small pupil. Methods: Malyugin ring has been widely used in anterior segment surgery to assist small pupil surgery. We have been using Malyugin expander in vitrectomies since 2008 and we present use of Malyugin ring in 3 patients with...

Di Lauro R., Zeppa L., Di Lauro M.T. Advantages: No complications intra-op. as: atalamy, loss vitreous, vitreous moving. No complications post-op reported, except 2 cases of serious detachment of choroid, which resolved spontaneously. Methods: The authors reported the results of the 18 cases of cataract and angle-closed glaucoma, treated with lensectomy and 25 ga pars plana vitrectomy. All eyes were highly hypermetropic. 3 of 18 patients...

Narendra Armogan, MD, FRCS(C) (Mississauga, Canada), Fareed Ali, MD, FRCS(C) (Toronto, Canada), Alan Kosaric, MD (Oakville, Canada) PURPOSE: Can Autologous Iris Pigment Cell transplantation for Dry Macular Degeneration be used as a treatment to prevent the relentless progression of the disease as measured by functional and structural analysis; additionally, can improvement of visual acuity in patients by virtue of rescuing neuro-retinal...

Essam M. Alharthi, MD (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) PURPOSE: Primary congenital glaucoma is structurally abnormal eye with multiple complications including retinal detachment which lead to poor prognosis. METHODS: Retrospective, case series.Medical records of 34 congenital glaucoma who developed retinal detachment where reviewed. Detailed information of the congenital glaucoma was obtained including date of diagnosis, intraocular pressure,...

Nader Moinfar, MD (Orlando, FL) PURPOSE: To determine: (1) if diabetic patients presenting with rubeosis may have significant concomitant ipsilateral cerebrovascular insufficiency, (2) the yield in assuming and investigating a nondiabetic cause of these patients’ rubeosis and (3) the ocular response to surgery of their cerebrovascular disease, when indicated. METHODS: This is a nonrandomized, prospective observational cohort of diabetic...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2006/videos/Vitreo-retinal-Surgery-in-Patients-with-Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis-(OOKP).flv Jeroni Nadal, MD (Barcelona, Spain) SYNOPSIS A novel technique using a specially designed lens to perform vitreo-retinal surgery in patients with the Strampelli type of OOKP is described. With this optical system we can perfectly visualize and approach the different vitreo-retinal pathologies of the posterior pole,and of...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2006/videos/Ice-cream-Cone-Technique-for-Pars-Plana-(PP)-Phacoemulsification-of-Cristalline-Lens-Dropped-into-the-Vitreous-Chamber.flv Stanislao Rizzo, MD (Pisa, Italy), Michele Palla, MD (Pisa, Italy), Federica Genovesi-Ebert, MD (Pisa, Italy) SYNOPSIS PP extraction of a lens dropped into the vitreous chamber (vc) may be challenging expecially when dealing with hard nuclei. We developed a simple and safe...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2006/videos/Iris-Reconstruction-Combined-with-Vitreoretinal-Surgery.flv Jerzy Nawrocki, MD (Lodz, Poland), Zofia Nawrocka, MD (Lodz, Poland), Zofia Michalewska,MD (Lodz, Poland), Janusz Michalewski, MD (Lodz, Poland) SYNOPSIS Video presents different cases of iris recon-struction combined with vitreoretinal surgery. In case of present iris structure own iris was used for reconstruction. In other cases coloured iris...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2006/videos/The-Use-of-Iris-Retractors-in-Vitreoretinal-Surgery-and-in- Combined-Procedures.flv Zofia Nawrocka, MD (Lodz, ), Jerzy Nawrocki, MD, PhD (Lodz, Poland), Janusz Michalewski, MD (Lodz, Poland), Zofia Michalewska, MD (Lodz, Poland) SYNOPSIS The aim of this video is to present the use of iris retractors during vitreous surgery with special attention to combined phacoemulsification – vitrectomy...

Swati Agarwal, MD (Jacksonville, FL), Sandeep Grover, MD (Jacksonville, FL), K.V. Chalam, MD, PhD (Jacksonville, FL), Sweta Tarigopula, MD (Jacksonville, FL), Shailesh Kumar Gupta, MD (Jacksonville, FL) PURPOSE: To report the efficacy of intracameral Bevacizumab (anti VEGF agent) in the treatment of neovascularization of the iris. METHODS: 3 eyes with severe neovascularization of the iris, secondary to proliferative diabetic retinopathy...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2006/videos/Triamcinolone-Asssisted-Vitrectomy-in-Treating-Vitreoretinal-Interface-Abnormalities.flv Maria Stefaniotou, (Ioannina, Greece), Ekaterini Christodoulou, (Ioannina, Greece), Eleni Bagli, MD, PhD (Ioannina, Greece), Spiridon Gorezis, MD (Ioannina, Greece), Christos D. Kalogeropoulos, MD, PhD (Ioannina, Greece), Miltiadis Aspiotis, MD, PhD (Ioannina, Greece) SYNOPSIS Residual vitreous cortex is a scaffold...

Ferenc Kuhn, MD, PhD (Birmingham, AL), Zsuzsanna Szijarto, MD (Pecs, Hungary), Gyongyi Kiss, MD (Pecs, Hungary) PURPOSE: Intravitreal triamcinolone acetate injection has become very popular for treating a variety of conditions ranging from macular edema to age-related macular degeneration. Its complication rate, however, needs to be closely evaluated. METHODS: A prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the postoperative complications of...

Gaetano R. Barile, MD (New York, NY), Avi Grinblat (New York, NY), Michael Turano (New York, NY) SYNOPSIS Repair of retinal detachment with PVR in buphthalmic eye also requiring corneal transplant for corneal decompensation. Sequential maneuvers to manage PVR and reattach retina utilizing perfluorcarbon liquid and panoramic viewing are demonstrated.     VIDEO not communicated Sorry for the...

Yeo Kim-Teck, MD (Singapore, Singapore), Elaine Hz Huang, MD (Outram, Singapore) PURPOSE: To study the long-term results of pars plana glaucoma valve implants (GDI) in neovascular glaucoma in an Asian series. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the long-term outcome of 16 eyes from 16 patients with uncontrolled neovascular glaucoma operated between 1997 and 2006. Of these, 13 eyes were secondary to proliferative diabetic retinopathy, 2...

Michael A. Samuel, MD (Los Angeles, CA), Jennifer I. Lim, MD (Los Angeles, CA) SYNOPSIS 63-year old healthy man presents with a visual field defect and a ciliary body mass eroding through the iris. Ultrasonography showed a low reflective solid dome-shaped lesion suspicious for a melanoma. A diagnostic and therapeutic iridocyclectomy was performed. Histopathology revealed the lesion to be a leiomyoma. ...

Jerzy Nawrocki, MD (Lodz, Poland), Zofia Nawrocka, MD (Lodz, Poland), Zofia Michalewska,MD (Lodz, Poland), Janusz Michalewski, MD (Lodz, Poland) SYNOPSIS Video presents different cases of iris recon-struction combined with vitreoretinal surgery. In case of present iris structure own iris was used for reconstruction. In other cases coloured iris prosthesis lens was used in primary and secondary procedure. Good cosmetic and functional results...

Diana Reeves, MD (Greenwood Vlg., CO), Suber S. Huang, MD, MBA (Cleveland, OH), A.R. Mercante, (Cleveland, OH) PURPOSE: To prospectively assess the efficacy of pars plana vitrectomy, panretinal laser photocoagulation, air-fluid exchange with perfluoropropane injection, and insertion of a pars plana Baerveldt glaucoma implant (PPBGI) in treating uncontrolled, painful neovascular glaucoma (NVG) in African American (AA)...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2006/videos/Mission-Possible:-Iridocyclectomy-for-Ciliary-Body-Leiomyoma.flv Michael A. Samuel, MD (Los Angeles, CA), Jennifer I. Lim, MD (Los Angeles, CA) SYNOPSIS 63-year old healthy man presents with a visual field defect and a ciliary body mass eroding through the iris. Ultrasonography showed a low reflective solid dome-shaped lesion suspicious for a melanoma. A diagnostic and therapeutic iridocyclectomy was...

Lidmila Prochazkova, MD (Ústí Nad Labem, Czech Republic), Martina Závorková, MD (Ústí Nad Labem, Czech Republic) PURPOSE: To study the occurence of secondary glaucoma after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). The secondary glaucoma is a strongly unpleasant complication following the PPV. It can be an open-angle glaucoma or an angle-closure glaucoma. types of secondary glaucoma: hemolytic, steroid, neovascular and, pupillary...

Gaetano R. Barile, MD (New York, NY), Avi Grinblat (New York, NY), Michael Turano (New York, NY) SYNOPSIS Repair of retinal detachment with PVR in buphthalmic eye also requiring corneal transplant for corneal decompensation. Sequential maneuvers to manage PVR and reattach retina utilizing perfluorcarbon liquid and panoramic viewing are demonstrated.

Chris Bergstrom, MD (Atlanta, GA), G. Baker Hubbard, MD (Atlanta, GA) PURPOSE: To evaluate pegaptanib therapy for iris neovascularization in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and vitreous hemorrhage who have already received laser ablative therapy. METHODS: This is an interventional noncomparitive series of patients with iris neovascularization secondary to proliferative diabetic retinopathy treated with injections of...

Dong Heun Nam, MD (Incheon, Korea), Hyun Seung Moon, MD (Incheon, Korea), Hae Jung Paik, MD, PhD (Incheon, Korea) PURPOSE: To compare the effect of volume used in sub-Tenon’s anesthesia on efficacy and intraocular pressure (IOP) in vitreoretinal surgery. METHODS: A prospective, clinical trial was conducted on patients undergoing sub-Tenon’s anesthetic for vitreoretinal surgery. Patients were randomized to either 3 mL, 5 mL or 7 mL...

http://www.evrs.eu/medias/2006/videos/Comprehensive-Reconstruction-of-a-Phthisical-Disorganized-Eye-after-Trauma.flv Ferenc Kuhn, MD, PhD (Birmingham, AL) SYNOPSIS An 11-year-old boy ruptured an eye that was abandoned after the first, unsuccessful reconstruction. He had LP vision, no pupil (dragged iris), extensive anterior scarring, total retinal detachment with subretinal strands, and severe hypotony. Surgery at 4 months included...

Ali R. Ramezani, MD, Hamid Ahmadieh, MD Purpose: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of propranolol on central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Methods: In a prospective interventional case series, 18 eyes with CSCR received 40 mg/day propranolol for 6 weeks. Complete ophthalmologic examination was performed before intervention and at 2 and 6 months. The outcome measures were retinal neurosensory detachment size, evaluated by paired t-test,...