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Thursday April 2nd

09:00 - 09:10 :Opening Remarks
09:10 -11:00:Session I: Retinal Detachment

Chairmen: Alexander Brucker,  AbdelLatif Siam
and AminZayed

09:00 - 09:10

The Vitreoretinal Interface in Eyes with Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment, and its Implications for Surgery.
Ferenc Kuhn

09:10 - 09:20

Recurrent Retinal Detachment in Silicone Oil Filled Eyes.
Hassan Mortada

09:20 - 09:30

Scleral Buckling, is it Still a Necessary Procedure?    
BhaaAballa

09:30 - 09:40

Eadalar Technique for Treatment of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.
CesareForlini

09:40 - 09:50

Primary Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: Extended Indications, Imoroved Techniques, Pearls and Pitfalls.
Silvia Bopp

09:50- 10:00

Management of Subretinal Complications in Vitreo-retinal Surgery.
Silvia Bopp

10:00 - 10:10

Pediatric Vitreoretinopathy.
Carl Claes

10:10 - 10:20

Surgical Indications for Non-Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.
Tara McCannel

10:20 - 10:30

Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Triggering a Drastic Autoimmune Panuveitis.
Abdel Latif Siam

10:30 - 11:00

Discussion

11:00 - 11:30

 

 

Coffee Break


11:30 - 13:30:
Session II :
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.................................ChoroidalNeovascularization

Chairmen: Claus Eckardt ,Tarek Hassan
andSamir El-Baha

11:30 - 11:40

Full Macular Translocation in the Days of Anti VEGF.  
Hassan Mortada

11:40- 11:50

Minimal Invasive Approach to Submacular Hemorrhage in AMD and RAM.                                                  
Silvia Bopp

11:50- 12:00

Submacular Surgery for Exudative/Hemorrhagic CNV. 
Claus Eckardt

12:00- 12:10

Radiation for Wet AMD: Novel External  Approach.
Virgilio Morales

12:10- 12:20

Submacular Surgery for Myopic CNV. 
Khaled El-Rakhawy

12:20 - 12:30

Reduced Fluence PDT in CNV.                   
Osama Raslan

12:30- 12:40

Autologous RPE with Choroidal Transplantation for ExudativeAMD,                                     BarbaraParolini

12:40- 12:50

Combination Therapy for Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration.                                              Colin McCannel

12:50- 13:00

The Discrepancies between OCT and FA for the Treatment of AMD.                                                  Alexander Brucker

13:00- 13:30

Discussion

13:30 - 14:30

 

 

Lunch

 
14:30 - 16:00:
Session III :DiabeticRetinopathy

Chairmen: Carl Claes, Suber Huang
andMahmoudSoliman

14:30 - 14:40

New Treatments for Diabetic Macular Edema.            
Suber Huang

14:40 - 14:50

Surgical and Pharmacologic Posterior Hyaloid Management to Treat Refractory Macular Edema.
Tarek Hassan

14:50 - 15:00

Update on the Results of Trials for the Treatment of DiabeticRetinopathy:  Laser, Steroid and Anti-VEGF.
Alexander Brucker

15:00 - 15:10

Post-operative Macular Hemorrhage Complicating PDR Vitrectomy.
AminZayed

15:10 - 15:20

IntravitrealRanibizumab in Diabetic Diffuse Macular Edema.
SherifEmbabi

15:20 - 15:30

IntravitrealBevacizumab for the Treatment of Recurrent Diabetic Vitreous Hemorrhage after Silicone Oil Removal. 
Sameh El-Agha

15:30 - 15:40

IntravitrealAvastin for severe PDR.             
Ahmed Shoier

15:40 - 16:00

 



Discussion


16:15 - 17:00:
Session IV :
..........................Uveitis, Endophthalmitis.

Chairmen: Virgilio Morales, MagdyMoussa
and Osama Raslan

16:15 - 16:25

Endophthalmitis and MicroincisionalVitrectomy Surgery.
Suber Huang

16:25 - 16:35

Bacterial Contamination of Needles Used for Intravitreal Injection: A Prospective Multicenter Study.
Tamer  Mahmoud

16:35 - 16:45

Combined Synechiolysis, Phaco and Post Chamber IOL, PPV and Pars Plana Tube ,Retisert Placement in Severe Non-infectious Pan Uveitis.                     Tamer Mahmoud

16:45 - 16:55

Intravitreal versus SubtenonTriamcinolone in the Management of Refractory Uveitis.       MahmoudSoliman

16:55 - 17:00

 

 

Discussion


17:00 -18:15:
Session V :
..........................Panel Discussion on Trauma

Moderator: Ferenc Kuhn
Panelists:
.................. Khaled El-Rakhawy
...................CesareForlini
...................HanyHamza
...................Tarek Hassan
...................Suber Huang
..................Virgilio Morales

18:45 : Departure by bus to dinner on a Nile boat.

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Friday April 3rd

08:30 – 11:00 :Session VI:
............................Changing Trends in Vitrectomy

Chairmen: Colin Mc-Cannel, Omar Rashed and Sherif Sheta

08:30 - 08:40

Mini-invasive Surgery: Expanded Indications.
CesareForlini

08:40 - 08:50

23 Gauge Bimanual Surgery in Management of Complicated Diabetic Retinal Detachment.
Hassan Mortada

08:50 - 09:00

23 G Phacofragmentation; Initial Cinical Case Series.
Ehab El-Rayes

09:00 - 09:10

25 Gauge Vitrectomy for Dropped and Retained Lens Fragments.
TarekHassan

09:10 - 09:20

Complicated SuturelessVitrectomy.         
Stanislao Rizzo

09:20- 09:30

Combined 20 and 23 G vitrectomy.
Maged Mikhail

09:30 - 09:40

20 G Trocar System for SuturelessVitrectomy.
Carl Claes

09:40 - 09:50

Combined Phaco and PPV with 23 G; difficulties and Precautions.                                         MahmoudSoliman

09:50- 10:00

Transconjunctival 20G system for Complicated Diabetic Vitrectomy.
HanyHamza

10:00 - 10:10

High Speed Vitrectomy.
Stanislao Rizzo

10:10 - 10:20

PVR Update.
Stanislao Rizzo

10:20 - 10:30

AutologousPlasmin Enzyme Liquefies Vitreous, Creates a PVD, and Enhances Vitreous Removal Using a Handheld Portable Vitrectomy Device.
Tarek Hassan

10:30 - 11:00

 

 

Discussion

 
11:00 - 12:00:
Session VII :
...........................Medical Retina/ Tumors/ Diagnostics

Chairmen: CesareForlini, Stanislao Rizzo
and Ehab El-Rayes

11:00 - 11:10

Combined PET/CT Imaging of Choroidal Melanoma.
Tara McCannel

11:10 - 11:20

PaScalvs Conventional Photocoagulation System: OCT and Electroretinogram Changes after Treatment.
Virgilio Morales

11:20 - 11:30

Exudative Retinal Detachment with Peripheral Retinal mass.                                                         
MagdyMoussa

11:30 - 11:40

Unilateral Diminution of Vision: Case Reports.
Yasser Serag

11:40 - 11:50

Globe Conserving Treatment of the Only Eye in Bilateral Retinoblastoma.                       
Othman Zico

11:50 - 12:00

 

 

Retinal Layer Segmentation by Spectral Domain OCT.
Zeinab El-Senbary


12:00 -13:00 :Coffee Break and Friday Prayers


13:00 - 14:30:
Session VIII :
..........................Macular Hole/Macular Detachement

Chairmen: Silvia Bopp, Khaled El-Rakhawy, MostafaNabih

13:00 - 13:10

Macular Hole Surgery, Long Term Outcomes and Complications.                                       
Colin McCannel

13:10 - 13:20

Further Experience with Macular Hole Surgery and Short Term Air Tamponade.                              
Claus Eckardt

13:20 - 13:30

Primary Vitrectomy for the Management of Myopic RD.
SherifSheta

13:30 - 13:40

How Does Pars Plana Vitrectomy Compare with Macular Buckling for Treatment of Myopic Macular Hole?
Abdel Latif Siam

13:40 - 13:50

Surgery for Lamellar Holes and New Histology insights.
Barbara Parolini

13:50 - 14:00

Non Staining Technique for ILM Peeling in Myopic Macular Hole Associated with Retinal Detachment.
Mohamed Moghazy

14:00 - 14:10

Brilliant Blue Staining of the ILM in Macular Hole Surgery.
AhmedMagdyBedda

14:10 - 14:20

Should We Wait Long for the Foveoschisis Fluid to Absorb?
MostafaNabih

14:20 - 14:30

 

 

Management of Optic Disc Pit.                MagdyMoussa

14:30 – 15: 30  Lunch with Experts
AMD :
Virgilio Morales,  OsamaRaslan, Barbara Parolini and Colin Mc-Cannel
Small Gauge Vitrectomy:
Claus Eckardt, Stanislao Rizzo, Tarek Hassan and Ehab El-Rayes
Retinal Detachment :
SilviaBopp, Carl Claes, CesareForlini and AminZayed
Macular Edema:
Tara McCannel, Alexander Brucker, Ferenc Kuhn and Omar Rashed

15:30- 17:00:Session IX :Panel Discussion :
.....................Difficulties and complications during PPV

Moderator:  Hassan Mortada
Panelists:
......................Silvia Bopp
......................Carl Claes
......................Ferenc Kuhn
......................MostafaNabih
......................Barbara Parolini
......................Sherif Sheta

17:00-18:30:Session X Panel Discussion :
..........Surgical Choice  inRhegmatogenous Retinal ..........Detachment: When, What and Why ??

Moderator : Ahmed MagdyBedda
Panelists:
......................Alexander Brucker
......................Claus Eckardt
......................Omar Rashed
......................Stanislao Rizzo
......................Ashraf Shaarawy
......................Amin Zayed

18:30 :  Closing Remarks