European VitreoRetinal Society a certain philosophy

What I am going to show is that while in focal ME (in CSCh or in NPDR or in TAE etc.), the primary laser treatment is very efficient and almost harmless, thus I recommend laser primarily in these cases. In diffuse edema (as in BRVO, CRVO, DR, Irvine-Gass, uveitis et al), laser coagulation is controversial (often inefficient and even harmful). I will express my embarrassment about the proper choice of the best method of treatment and rather...

Ivan Fiser, Petr Bedrich, Frantisek Benda, Martina Rubesova (Prague, Czech Republic) Advantages: We do not have a universal preference in treating RD. We treat each patient individually, according to the finding, to his/her wishes, preferences and abilities, such as the ability of facedown positioning. Methods: We prefer scleral buckling in younger phakic patients while in pseudophakic detachment we more often perform vitrectomy, however,...