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Floretina Icoor Meeting 2025
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Please note: this year, FLORetina-ICOOR 2025 will be held jointly with the 5th World Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Congress.
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December 04 - December 07, 2025
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Florence, Fortezza da Basso
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For info: secretariat@floretina.com
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MYOPIA AND RELATED COMPLICATIONS
The incidence in the world of nearsightedness is on the rise. The association with other ocular diseases and the impact of myopia complications are quite frequent. Discover our new section with lessons on medical and surgical topics, webinars on new treatment opportunities.
June 16, 2025, 6.30 PM CEST
Critical thinking on Myopia and Myopia Progression
Faculty: Dominique Brémond-Gignac, Luca Buzzonetti, Paolo Nucci, Arne Ohlendorf, Isabella Puddu, Giuliano Stramare
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Surf the presentations on myopia associated diseases held during FLORetina-ICOOR 2024.
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Surf the presentations on myopia associated diseases held during FLORetina-ICOOR 2023.
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Superior Efficiency in Action: Surgeons Share Their Experience with Alcon Unity VCS
Dec 03, 2025Alcon, the global leader in eye care, will showcase its latest innovation for cataract and vitreoretinal surgery at the FLORetina-ICOOR 2025 Congress in Florence, Italy, December 4-7. Floretina delegates are invited to attend live surgery sessions and visit the Alcon booth to find out more about UNITY® VCS, a versatile platform that offers two configurations: the combined Vitreoretinal Cataract System (VCS) and the standalone Cataract System (CS). Read more
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Science Corp.’s PRIMA Retinal Implant Restores Functional Central Vision to Patients with Geographic Atrophy Caused By Age-Related Macular Degeneration, a Leading Cause of Blindness, The New England Journal of Medicine Reports
Nov 25, 2025The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) recently published a peer-reviewed original paper with the results of a landmark clinical trial demonstrating the efficacy of Science Corporation’s PRIMA brain-computer interface (BCI) retinal implant. The paper showed that PRIMA restored functional central vision to patients suffering from geographic atrophy (GA) due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness affecting more than 5 million people worldwide. Read more
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Diabetic macular edema: OCT retinal biomarkers as predictive factors of treatment response and long-term visual outcome
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in working-aged people worldwide[1]. Diabetic macular edema (DME) occurs in nearly 12% of patients with DR and represents a frequent complication of diabetes resulting from disruption of blood-retinal barrier and accumulation of fluid in the retina, which can lead to significant central visual loss if left untreated[2]. Read more
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Rickettsial retinitis
Rickettsial infections are caused by a variety of obligate intracellular, Gram-negative bacteria. Ocular involvement is common but often asymptomatic. All ocular structures can be involved, but posterior segment involvement is more common and most severe. Common posterior segment manifestations are inner retinitis with associated vasculitis and mild vitritis. There are various speculations regarding the pathogenesis of rickettsial retinitis. The cotton wool spot-like retinal lesions could result from intraretinal multiplication of organisms or alternatively due to immune complex deposition along retinal vessels.
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Letrozole-induced unilateral acute intermediate uveitis with cystoid macular edema
A case of 48 y/o lady who presented with DOV in RE (6/60) since 15 days. She had a h/o Ca right breast treated with mastectomy 13 years back & was prescribed letrozole(AROMATASE INHIBITOR) 2.5mg OD as she had tested ER +ve. Anterior segment showed cells in AC & anterior vitreous face. Posterior segment revealed disc & macular edema. OCT also showed disc edema & CME. LE examination was WNL. Systemic investigations were WNL. She was asked to stop letrozole after oncology consultation & was prescribed topical prednisolone & nepafenac. Discontinuation of letrozole improved visual acuity to 6/18 within 1 month.
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Retained iofb presenting as vitreous haemorrhage
Patient presented with dimunition of vision in right eye,on evaluation patient had re- vitreous haemorrhage,on imaging iofb noted. Planned ppv and metallic iofb removed with the help of maxgrip forceps, through port widening,procedure uneventfull
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Clinical cases
Clinical case of the month
Fish Tail flecks
A 55-year-old male patient was referred to our medical retina unit for bilateral vision loss occurred in the last year. Fundus examination revealed bilateral macular atrophy with foveal sparing surrounded by yellowish ‘fish tail flecks’ all over the posterior pole. SD-OCT, FAF, FA and ERG were performed. Genetic evaluation confirmed diagnosis of Stargardt Disease.
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