Welcome Reception and Registration at Congress Centrum Mainz

08:00-13:30

Moderators:
Donald D’Amico, David Steel (operation theatre)
Heinrich Heimann, Gaurav Shah (auditorium)

13:30-14:45

14:45-15:25

Session 1 Pediatric Retina

Chair:
Shulamit Schwartz, Andre Maia

Pediatric Retinovascular Disease:
Diagnostic and Management Pearls

OCTA in Pediatric Patients

Long-term Results of Vitrectomy
for stage 4A ROP

Management of Stage 4 and 5 ROP:
Anatomical and Functional Results

Tackling Pediatric Retinal Detachments

Retinal Detachment in Stickler Syndrome

Session 2 AMD, Gene Therapy and Artificial Retina

Chair:
Grazia Pertile, Siegfried Priglinger

Displacing Submacular Hemorrhages:
Surgical Pearls for Maximum Efficacy

David Steel

Macular Surgery for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Hyeong Gon Yu

Subretinal Gene Therapy – A New Field of VR Surgery

Siegfried Priglinger

Intraoperative OCT in Subretinal Gene and Stem Cell Therapy

Lejla Vajzovic

Gene Therapy in the Pediatric Population: What I have Learned

Audina Berrocal

NR600 Retinal Implant to Treat Endstage Inherited Outer Retinal Degenerative Diseases

Peter Stalmans

Coffee break

Session 3: Diabetes

Chair:
Ernesto Bali, Peter Stalmans

Can We be Reassured when Diabetic Retinopathy Score Improves after Anti-VEGF Injections?

A Surgical Primer for Diabetic Retinopathy

Tom Aaberg

Vitrectomy For DME: Is it Still Useful?

Gaurav Shah

Vitrectomy with Submacular Injections of BSS in Diabetic CME: Long-Term Results

Zofia Michalewska

Neovascular Glaucoma: Posterior Approach

Andre Maia

Session 4: Diabetic, Retinopathy Panel

Moderator:
Tillmann Eckert
Panelists:
Tom Aaberg, Hyeong Gon Yu, Andre Maia,  Zofia Michalewska, Stanislao Rizzo, Gaurav Shah

08:00-09:15

09:15-10:00

Chair:
Anat Loewenstein, Zofia Michalewska

Anat Loewenstein

Measuring Macular Holes: What can 3D Analysis Tell us?

David Steel

Non Penetrating Macular Holes: When to Act, When to Wait

Siegfried Priglinger

Surgical Approaches in Pediatric Epiretinal Membranes

Lejla Vajzovic

No ILM Peel in Small Macular Holes

Ehab El Rayes

Atypical Macular Holes: Management and
Prognosis |

Ramin Tadayoni

How to Treat Myopic Foveoschisis

José Garcia-Arumi

Coffee break

Session 7: Macula II

Intraoperative OCT and Retinal Surgery:
Where Do We Stand?

ILM Peeling versus Temporal Inverted ILM Flap Technique in Large Macular Holes

Macular Hole and the Use of Adjuvants
to Close Recurrent Holes

Update on the Use of Amniotic Membrane
in Retinal Problems

Repeated Surgery of Full Thickness
Macular Holes: Swept source OCT after
Different Approaches

Presentations of the Industry

Moderator:
Tillmann Eckert

Session 8: 3D

Chair:
José Garcia-Arumi, Tommaso Rossi

3D: It‘s Time to Stop the Fear

Andre Maia

Advances in Digital Microscopy

Tom Aaberg

The Vitreoretinal Cockpit: Integrating 3D
Intraoperative OCT with 3D Visualization
System

Lejla Vajzovic

First Cinical Experience with the New
Digital Microscope and Head Mounted
Display

Shulamit Schwartz

First Clinical Experience with the
ARTEVO 800

N.N.

Session 9: Instrumentation and Techniques

Chair:
Claus Eckardt, Ramin Tadayoni

Transition to Full Disposable Vitrectomy
Instruments

Peter Stalmans

Further Ideas for Ophthalmic Endoscopy

Andre Maia

Prospective Trial Comparing Surgical Outcome after 23G vs 27G Vitrectomy

Peter Stalmans

How to Avoid PFC under the Retina

Ernesto Bali

How to get rid of Subretinal PFC and other
Tips and Tricks

Claus Eckardt

Use and Benefit of the Slit Lamp during
Vitrectomy

Ramin Tadayoni

Sutureless Vitrectomy: Reality or Still a Dream?

Stanislao Rizzo

Session 10: Next Step? Video Panel

Moderators:
Claus Eckardt, Tillmann Eckert
Panelists:
Ehab El Rayes, José Garcia-Arumi, Grazia Pertile, Siegfried Priglinger, Ramin Tadayoni, Lejla Vajzovic

Lunch

Session 11: Retinal Detachment

Chair:
Nikolaos Bechrakis, Stanislao Rizzo

Retinal Detachment – New Observations to
Understand an Old Problem

Natural History and Management
of Degenerative Retinoschisis Related
Retinal Detachment

Air Tamponade in Retinal Detachment

Macular Edema after Successful Retinal
Detachment Surgery: Treatment Options

Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy: Surgical Pearls

Session 12: IOL and Miscellaneous

Chair:
Gaurav Shah, Hyeong Gon Yu

Surgery for Aphakia: Artisan IOL

Carlevale IOL

Yamane Technique

Surgical Approach of Optic Pit Maculopathy

Treatment of RD associated with Morning
Glory Syndrome

Amniotic Membrane in RD Associated with
Colobomas or Other Large Retinal Defects

Macular Surgery for Posterior Uveitis

Session 13: Tumors

Chair:
Tom Aaberg, Heinrich Heimann

Biopsy in Choroidal Tumors Smaller than 2 mm

Heinrich Heimann

Indications and Limitations of Surgical
Resections of Uveal Melanomas

Nikolaos Bechrakis

Considerations of Endoresection in
Choroidal Melanomas

José Garcia-Arumi

Endoresection of Retinal Vasoproliferative
Tumors

Remzi Avci

End of the Meeting