Friday, 24th May 2013

08:30 am Live surgery from University Hospitals Leuven & remote sites

14:00 - 15:20 pm Diabetic retinopathy

14:00 pm Treating refractory macular edema: EVRS study  results.

14:30 pm Preventing progression of diabetic retinopathy: past and future.

15:00 pm Unexpected outcome after treatment: examples and management. Panel discussion.

16:00 - 17:50 pm Age related macular degeneration

16:00 pm Continued antiVEGF injections: what improvements can patients expect in the future?

16:30 pm Complications after antiVEGF injection: how to avoid.

17:00 pm When to look for a surgical alternative to antiVEGF treatment.

17:30 pm Epimacular brachytherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy trials of radiation for wet AMD.

Saturday, 25th May  2013

08:30 am Video and case report presentations from participants

09:00 - 10:20 am Vitrectomy for retinal detachment I

09:00 am Minimal approach surgery: no PFCL, no coagulation.

09:20 am Preventing & treating pucker formation after surgery.

09:40 am Early detection of PVR.

10:00 am Subretinal fl uid after surgery for retinal detachment.

11:00 - 12:30 am Vitrectomy for retinal detachment II

11:00 am Treatment of PVR: surgical tips & trics.

11:20 am Retinal folds and subretinal PFCL.

11:40 am When everything else fails: retinotomy and retinectomy.

12:00 am Retinal tamponade in recurrent detachment.

13:30 - 16:00 pm Vitreoretinal surgery

13:30 pm New instruments.

14:00 pm Oops, we should have seen this coming … detachments in retinal degenerations.

14:20 pm Glaucoma surgery and vitrectomy: issues to consider.

14:40 pm How to keep a pucker patient happy after vitrectomy.

15:00 pm Foveoschisis and macular hole in high myopia: prognostic factors and surgical options.

15:20 pm Traction maculopathy and macular holes: ocriplasmin to avoid surgery.

15:40 pm Discussion

16:00 pm Adjourn

Invited faculty:
• Bill Aylward, London, United Kingdom
• Didier Ducourneau, Nantes, France
• Claus Eckardt, Frankfurt, Germany
• Sascha Fauser, Köln, Germany
• Tim Jackson, London, United Kingdom
• Morten La Cour, Kopenhagen, Denmark
• Bart Leroy, Gent, Belgium
• Anita Leys, Leuven, Belgium
• Grazia Pertile, Verona, Italy
• Kourous Rezai, Chicago, United States
• Gaurav Shah, St. Louis, United States
• Ingeborg Stalmans, Leuven, Belgium
• Peter Stalmans, Leuven, Belgium
• Joachim Van Calster, Leuven, Belgium
• Jan Van Meurs, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Marc Veckeneer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Thomas Wolfensberger, Lauzanne, Switzerland
• David Wong, Hong Kong – Liverpool, United Kingdom

Rahmenprogramm

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