Saturday, September 15th
09:00 am EVRTS Update (for Alumni only)
02:00 pm Courses with Masters
High School of Ocular Trauma Cesare Forlini
Pathologic Myopia Silvia Bopp
Update on Macular Degeneration Ron
Adelman
Intravitreal Injections for Wet AMD Young EVRS
Vitrectomy for Macular Cases Young EVRS
Vitreo Macular Interface Disorders Jerzy
Nawrocki & Hassan Mortada
08:00 pm Welcome Reception at the Maritim Conference Center
Sunday, September 16th
08:00 am Macular Edema General Considerations Moderated by Didier Ducournau & JeanPaul Amar
08:00 am Basic Science
Neurobiological Principles Applied to Retinal Diseases Nicolas Cuenca
Pathological Findings in Macular Edema Didier Ducournau
Quantitative Determination & Comparison of Intravitreal Cytokines Michael Koss
09:15 am Principles of Treatment
27 G One Pars Plana Port Vitrectomy with a Reflow Strategy Cesare Forlini
Various Dyes forl ILM Peeling Silvia Bopp
ILM Peeling Technique Jean-Paul Amar
ILM Peeling Different Tricks Didier Ducournau
History of Development of Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab Ron Adelman
Persistent Ocular Hypertension Following Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Agents Ron Adelman
Discussion
10:15 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Moderated Jerzy Nawrocki & Iwona Partyka
What is an ERM; How Could ILM Peeling Work? Didier Ducournau
The Importance of Gas Injection in Idiopathic ERM Peeling Recovery Philippe Koch
Incidence of Cystoid Maclar Edema After Vitrectomy for ERM Barbara Parolini
Long-term Spectral Domain OCT After Surgery for ERM Zosia Michalewska
En-face OCT Analysis of the Retinal Surface Changes After ILM Peeling Jean-François Le Rouic
What Happens to the Macula Following ERM Surgery: OCT and Visual Changes Sengul Ozdek
Natural Course and Surgical Treatment of Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome Jerzy Nawrocki
The EVRS Macular Edema Study Results
Discussion
12:50 pm
Lunch
01:50 pm Macular Edema After Retinal Vein Occlusion Klaus Lucke & Ron Adelman
01:50 pm Various Treatments
3 Bevacizumab vs 2 Triamcinolone Injections in Recent CRVO Alireza Ramezani
3 Bevacizumab vs 2 Triamcinolone Injections in Recent BRVO Alireza Ramezani
Combined Therapy for Recurrent Macular Edema Following RVO Maurizio Mete
Combined Therapy of Macular Edema Following RVO Diana Chichur
Evaluating Adjunctive Surgery to Ozurdex for ME Following RVO Frank Becquet
Medical Limits in Macular Edema After RVO Guy L’Helgoual’ch
Surgery Associated with Anti-VEGF in CRVO. A More Rational Approach? Giampaolo Gini
LM Peeling in RVO Jean-Paul Amar
ILM Peeling in RVO Didier Ducournau
Discussion
03:10 pm
Coffee Break
03:40 pm Review of Literature & Debate: What Should We Do?
Literature & Posters Review
The EVRS Macular Edema Study Results
Discussion
04:20 pm
Industry Presentation
04:35 pm Retinaws at EVRS -- When the Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going
A comprehensive video course on retinal misadventures in the operating room
08:00 pm Concert at the Frauenkirche
Monday, September 17th
08:15 am Diabetic Macular Edema Moderated by Ihab Saad Othman & Zosia Michalewska
08:15 am DME Fundament
Terminologic Confusion in DME Sengul Ozdek
Vitreoretinal Interface Abnormalities Associated with Diffuse DME: Diagnosis and
Management Hassan Mortada
High Systolic Blood Pressure is Related to ME in Diabetic Patients Soo Geun Joe
Discussion
09:00 am ILM Peeling
DME: 15 Injections or 1 Surgery? Ferenc Kuhn
Vitrectomy for DME – An Alternative to Anti-VEGF Therapy? Andreas Schüler
Vitrectomy Outcome in Traction Diffuse DME Hassan Mortada
Vitrectomy Outcome in Resistent Non-tractional Diffuse DME Hassan Mortada
PPV for Type 1 Non-tractional DME After Failure of all Therapies Ihab Saad Othman
Does Vitreous Surgery for Diabetes Complications Have an Influence on the Course of
Macular Edema in Long-term Follow-up? Jerzy Nawrocki
ILM Peeling for Clinically Significant DME: Long-term Outcomes Maria Chiara Freno
Discussion
10:00 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am Intra Vitreal Injections
The Effectiveness and Safety of Triamcinolone Injections in DME Hanna Zajac-Pytrus
Effectivity of Intravitreal Triamcinolone for Diabetic Cystoid ME Alexey Putienko
Comparison of Endovitreal Triamcinolone with Betamethasone in DME Yana Sirman
Fluocinolone Acetonide Implants for the Treatment of Chronic DME Albert Augustin
Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema with Ranibizumab Ron Adelman
Aflibercept (VEGF Trap Eye, Eylea) for Treatment of DME Ron Adelman
Discussion
11:20 am
Industry Presentation
11:35 am
12:35 pm
ALCON Symposium
Lunch
01:35 pm Laser
Micropulse Contiguous Grid Laser for Resistant Diffuse DME Stephen Sinclair
Micropulsed 577 nm Laser Stimulation for DME Martin Flores-Aguilar
Effectiveness of Combined Betamethasone and Laser Coagulation for DME Yana Sirman
Micropulse Laser Following Intra Vitreal Bevacizumab in Diffuse DME Ihab Saad Othman
Discussion
02:25 pm Severe Cases
Miniinvasive Vitrectomy as a Gold Standard for Severe PDR Cesare Forlini
Severe PDR Surgical Strategy Malgorzata Pietras-Trzpiel
02:45 pm Comparative Studies
Comparative Study of Vitrectomy with ILM Peeling vs Anti-VEGF in DME Jerzy Nawrocki
Multiple Therapeutical Approaches for the Same DME Case Horia Stanca
Design of a Comparative Study Anti-VEGF vs Surgery for DME Andreas Schüler
Self Testing in Macular Edema: Possible Applications and Their Limits Wolfgang Schrader
03:10 pm
Coffee Break
03:40 pm Review of Literature & Debate: What Should We Do?
Literature & Posters Review
The EVRS Macular Edema Study Results
Discussion
04:30 pm
General Assembly
08:00 pm
Gala Dinner at the Maritim Conference Center
(Dress Code: Elegant)
Tuesday, September 18th
09:00 am Finally: Medical or Surgical Treatment Moderated by Ferenc Kuhn
Management of Rubeosis Iridis, Surgery vs Medical Treatment Theodoros Potamitis
Final Visual Acuity Post Cystoid Macular Edema: To Peel or Not To Peel Theodoros Potamitis
Individualized Treatment in Macular Edema: Focal vs Diffuse Ivan Fiser
The EVRS Macular Edema Study: General Conclusions
Discussion
10:30 am Relja ZIVOJNOVIC Award Lecture
10:50 am Coffee Break
11:20 am Other Macular Edemas Moderated by Barbara Parolini & Agnieszka Nowosielska
Efficacy of Citicoline for Diffuse ME After Successful Surgery of RRD Ivan Levytskyy
Dome-shaped Macula in Non Myopic Patients; Description and Management Fernando Faus
Guijarro
Modified Vitreo Retinal Instruments for Macular Surgery on Eyes with High Myopia
Lyubomyr Lytvynchuk
Focal RPE Angiographic Leaks Visualized by En-face OCT: “A New Diagnostic Technique”
Vladimir Poposki
Natural Course of Disc Pit Zosia Michalewska
Treatment of Optic Pit Maculopathy by Vitrectomy and Arcuate ILM Peeling Jerzy Nawrocki
Etiology and Treatment of Serous Macular Detachment Associated with Optic Pit – Clinical
Case Claudia Bacalhau
Tractional ME in Coats’ Disease After Laser, Cryo and Anti-VEGF; A 25 G MIVS Approach
Cesare Forlini
Macular Edema and Exudates in the Pediatric Age Group Ihab Saad Othman
Cystoid Macular Edema in Retinitis Pigmentosa Christine Kusserow-Napp
Macular Dilemas in Retinitis Pigmentosa Agnieszka Nowosielska
Management of ME in Retinitis Pigmentosa with Topical Dorzolamide Ihab Saad Othman
Citalopram Associated with Unilateral Cystoid Macular Edema Alexik Mikulas
Discussion
01:20 pm End of the Congress