08:00 - 09:30

FREE PAPERS - SURGICAL 3

ROOM VERDE

CHAIRS: Binder S., Kadonosono K., Micelli Ferrari T., Tognetto D.

1. CHALLENGING CASES OF INTRA-OCULAR FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
   M. BANSAL
   
2. A RUPTURED GLOBE WITH POST-TRAUMATIC CLOSED RETINAL DETACHMENT AND IOL LUXATION
   G. BESOZZI, M.C. COSTA, G. NITTI, A. MOCELLIN
   
3. EYE INJURIES IN AN ITALIAN URBAN POPULATION-STUDY II: THE TEN-YEAR REPORT OF THE EYE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF TORINO
   C. DEL TURCO, C. LA SPINA, E. BELCASTRO, C. PANICO, G. D'AMICO RICCI
   
4. VITRECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH SCLERAL RUPTURE AFTER BLUNT EYE INJURIES
   N. GRUBNYK, T. KRASNOVID
   
5. LENS LUXATION INTO THE VITREOUS HUMOUR
   S.I. POPESCU, O. MUSAT, C. CERNAT
   
6. REMOVAL OF IOFB THROUGH ANTERIOR CHAMBER USING VITRECTOMY PROBE ONLY
   M.A.T. TAWFIK
   
7. THE SURGICAL REPAIR OF A PENETRATING OCULAR INJURY FROM A WRITING INSTRUMENT IN A CHILD
   A. QURESHI, L. FU, A. JALIL
   
8. USES OF BENT NEEDLE IN VITREORETINAL SURGERY
   A. HABIB
   
9. EFFECTIVENESS OF LASER VITREOLYSIS FOR VITREOUS FLOATERS IN POSTERIOR VITREOUS DETACHMENT IN MALAYSIAN PATIENTS: A PILOT STUDY
   M.B. BASTION, S. SYED ZULKIFLI, M. MUSHAWIAHTI, W. GOH
   
10. TAILORED APPROACHES IN SUB-HYALOID HEMORRHAGES: RATIONALE AND OUTCOMES
    M. CHIZZOLINI, S. MIOTTO, G. PAOLO, F.F. DE GERONIMO, S. PIERMAROCCHI
    
11. A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR REMOVAL OF MIRAGEL SCLERAL BUCKLE EXPLANTS: SIMPLE ASPIRATION WITH A FRAZIER SUCTION CANNULA
    E. BERTELLI, P. SANTORUM, M.L. DE VITTO
    
12. TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR AND AIR INJECTION FOR MANAGEMENT OF SUBMACULAR HEMORRHAGE
    A. HABIB, M. MEKKAWY, I. MOHAMED, H. HASSAN
    
13. SCLERAL FIXATION IOLS: 3-PIECE IOL WITH INTRASCLERAL FIXATION OF THE APTICS VS A NEW SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED IOL. A COMPARATIVE STUDY
    M.G. CEREDA, I. D'AGOSTINO, S. de ANGELIS, F. ZICARELLI, S. PARRULLI, F. BOTTONI, G. STAURENGHI
    
14. SCLERAL FIXATION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS USING EXTRA OCULAR NEEDLE INSERTION TECHNIQUE (X-NIT) : CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND SAFETY POFILE
    V.V. KOUNDANYA, B. SARMA
    
15. MODIFIED APPROACH IN MANAGEMENT OF SUBMACULAR HEMORRHAGE SECONDARY TO POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY- A NOVEL TECHNIQUE
    A.K. KUMAR, A. KUMAR, D. AGARWAL, L. RAMBARKI
    
16. A NOVEL TECHNIQUE OF MANAGEMENT OF POSTERIOR SCLERAL PERFORATION USING AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFT
    R. KURUMKATTIL, H. TREHAN
    
17. AUTOLOGOUS RETINAL TRANSPLANT FOR RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT WITH LARGE FULL THICKNESS MACULAR HOLE
    A. LA MANTIA, A. PIOPPO
    
18. SEMIAUTOMATED DELIVERY OF SUBRETINAL DRUGS BY VISCOUS FLUID INJECTOR SYSTEM-MODIFIED TECHNIQUE, SUITABLE FOR MYOPIC EYES
    H. PROENCA, P. MAGRO
    
19. VITRECTOMY FOR ENDOPHTHALMITIS IN EYES WITH OSTEO-KERATOPROSTHESIS
    F. VILAPLANA, J. NADAL, J. TEMPRANO, G.. JULIO, M.. OLIVERA, R.. BARRAQUER
    
20. SURGICAL APPROACH FOR REMOVAL OF A SUBFOVEAL DENSIRON 68 BUBBLE IN A CASE OF RECURRENT RETINAL DETACHMENT
    A. SAVASTANO, C. NICOLOSI, G. VICINI, S. RIZZO
    
21. SUB-RETINAL AIR INJECTION TO REMOVE TRAPPED PFCL BUBBLES
    U. LORENZI, M. MURAINE
    
22. CORNEAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY
    R. VIGNAPIANO, E. FAVUZZA, M. CENNAMO, R. MENCUCCI
    

08:00 - 10:00

FREE PAPERS - MEDICAL 2

ROOM ONICE

CHAIRS: Lanzetta P., MacLaren R., Zweifel S.

1. ROLE OF ULTRA-WIDE FIELD IMAGING IN PATIENTS OF EALES' DISEASE
   A. AGARWAL, J. BISWAS
   
2. NAVILAS ABILITY AND USEFULNESS TO RECOGNIZE RETINAL TEARS IN THE FAR PERIPHERY AND TO EVIDENCE TREATED LESIONS AFTER THE LASER RETINOPEXY PROCEDURE
   E. DI CARLO, A. AUGUSTIN
   
3. RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM APERTURES AS A LATE COMPLICATION OF LONGSTANDING SEROUS PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DETACHMENTS IN CHRONIC CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY
   C. IOVINO, J. CHHABLANI, D. PARAMESWARAPPA, M. PELLEGRINI, G. GIANNACCARE, E. PEIRETTI
   
4. SOLITARY CIRCUMSCRIBED RETINAL ASTROCYTIC PROLIFERATION IMAGED WITH OCT ANGIOGRAPHY
   J. KOVACH
   
5. MACULAR FINDINGS IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE: AN OCT ANGIOGRAPHY STUDY
   D. LOPES, T. LOUREIRO, R. CARREIRA, A. VIDE ESCADA, I. MACHADO, N. CAMPOS
   
6. OCT ANGIOGRAPHY FUNDUS PATTERNS IN A PEDIATRIC POPULATION WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
   S. PIGNATTO, L. GREGO, F. RIZZETTO, G. BELTRAME, P. LANZETTA
   
7. MULTIMODAL IMAGING IN UNILATERAL ACUTE IDIOPATHIC MACULOPATHY: A CASE REPORT
   M. ROMDHANE, N. ABROUG, S. ZINA, M. BOUGUERRA, B. JELLITI, M. KHAIRALLAH
   
8. OCT ANGIOGRAPHY: NEOVASCULARIZATION INCIDENCE IN CSC
   M.C.S. SAVASTANO
   
9. CORRELATION OF DISTINCT FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE FEATURES WITH DISRUPTION OF THE OVERLYING ELLIPSOID ZONE IN CHOROIDEREMIA
   M. STEVANOVIC, J. CEHAJIC KAPETANOVIC, J.K. JOLLY, R.E. MACLAREN
   
10. IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS OF DARK AREAS ON OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY AND INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY - CLINICAL INSIGHTS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
    D. SUNDAR.M, R. CHAWLA, S. AGARWAL, N. HASAN
    
11. DETECTION OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION USING OCT-A AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
    E. VAGHEFI, M. LIN, S. HILL, D. SQUIRRELL
    
12. PROGRESSION OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION AFTER VITRECTOMY
    I. MUFTUOGLU KILIC, W. FREEMAN
    
13. CHOROIDAL AND RETINAL LAYER THICKNESS ALTERATIONS IN EARLY AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION ASSOCIATED WITH SUBRETINAL DRUSENOID DEPOSITS
    S. ABDOLRAHIMZADEH, V. FENICIA
    
14. PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION IN PATIENTS ATTENDING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING
    E. LOURENCO, D. PARRY, T. CRIDDLE, G. CZANNER, S. HARDING, A. ALSHUKRI, P. BURGESS
    
15. CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARISATION 'MASQUERADING' AS A MASQUERADE SYNDROME
    I. PAPANDREOU, K. TOURMOUZIS
    
16. SHORT-TERM CHOROIDAL VASCULAR CHANGES AFTER AFLIBERCEPT THERAPY FOR NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
    M. PELLEGRINI, F. BERNABEI, G. CASINI, P. LOIUDICE, G. GIANNACCARE
    
17. AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION: LONG TERMS RESULTS FROM REAL WORLD DATA
    P. CORAZZA, T. SOOMRO, H. ORLANS, S. YOUNIS
    
18. A NEW MODEL FOR MANAGEMENT OF INTRAVITREAL INJECTION (IVI): BARI POLICLINICO REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE
    M.O. GRASSI, C. FURINO, N. RECCHIMURZO, G. ALESSIO
    
19. OCT-A FEATURES OF SUBRETINAL FIBROSIS SECONDARY TO MYOPIC NEOVASCULARIZATION
    P. MILANI, A. MASSACESI, F. SCOTTI, S. MOSCHINI, M. SETACCIOLI, R. SECONDI, F. BERGAMINI
    
20. INTRAVITREAL USE OF BONE MARROW MONONUCLEAR FRACTION CONTAINING CD34+ STEM CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH ATROPHIC AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
    R.C. SIQUEIRA
    
21. ULTRA WIDE FIELD IMAGING OF CHOROIDAL DYSTROPHIES
    A. SURVE
    
22. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PROGRESSION OF RPGR-ASSOCIATED X-LINKED RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (XOLARIS) STUDY: CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS
    M. MENGHINI, D. BIRCH, C. BOON, J. DUNCAN, M. FISCHER, F. HOLZ, C. HOYNG, K. KHAN, I. MEUNIER, T. ONG, M. PENNESI, E. SANKILA, R. MACLAREN
    
23. NEAR-INFRARED AUTOFLUORESCENCE IN YOUNG CHOROIDEREMIA (CHM) PATIENTS
    D. MUCCIOLO, V. MURRO, D. GIORGIO, A. SODI, I. PASSERINI, G. VIRGILI, S. RIZZO
    
24. FILTRATION OF SHORT WAVELENGTH LIGHT PROVIDES THERAPEUTIC BENEFIT IN A MOUSE MODEL OF DOMINANT RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA
    H. ORLANS, J. MERRILL, A. BARNARD, P. CHARBEL ISSA, S. PEIRSON, R. MACLAREN
    
25. MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF STARGARDT DISEASE FOR READING
    P. SASSO, A. SCUPOLA, V. SILVESTRI, F. AMORE, E. ABED, L. CALANDRIELLO, G. GRIMALDI, A. CAPOROSSI
    
26. OCTA-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF DIFFERENT VASCULAR PATTERNS IN STARGARDT DISEASE
    A. ARRIGO, F. ROMANO, E. ARAGONA, C. DI NUNZIO, A. SPERTI , F. BANDELLO, M.BATTAGLIA PARODI
    
27. DESCRIPTION OF MACULAR MORPHOLOGY IN PATIENTS WITH RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA USING SPECTRAL DOMAIN OCT
    A. VERMA, N. PANDEY, M.L. GARG, A. KAPUR
    
28. FOUR YEAR RESULTS OF INTRA ARTERIAL CHEMOTHERAPY FOR RETINOBLASTOMA FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
    A. AGARWAL, P. CHATTERJEE, M. SARAVANAN, R. RAVIKUMAR, P. RISHI
    
29. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN CHOROIDAL NEVUS AND MELANOMA BY OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY
    C. GARCIA ARUMI, F. PERALTA, M. BOVE, J. GARCIA ARUMI
    
30. OCT CHANGES IN PERI-TUMOUR NORMAL RETINA FOLLOWING RUTHENIUM-106 AND PROTON BEAM RADIOTHERAPY FOR UVEAL MELANOMA
    R. HUSSAIN, F. HEUSSEN, S. QUERESHI, H. HEIMANN
    
31. AURORA BOREALIS AND STRING OF PEARLS IN VITREORETINAL LYMPHOMA: PATTERNS OF VITREOUS HAZE
    A. MARCHESE, E. MISEROCCHI, C. GIUFFRE', M. CICINELLI, G. QUERQUES, G. MODORATI, F. BANDELLO
    

09:30 - 10:40

ADVANCED SURGICAL COURSE: VITREORETINAL TECHNOLOGIES

ROOM VERDE

CHAIRS: Beltrame G., EL Rayes E., Heimann H., Mortada H., Rossi T.

09:30 / Nitinol basket for sutureless lens fragmentation
Mura M.
09:35 / Troubles with IOL's
Mateo C.
09:40 / Closure of sclerotomies - My technique
Eckardt C.
09:45 / Chandeliers a gadget or a must
Bali E.
09:50 / Digital enhanced images on 3D vitrectomy
Kadonosono K.
09:55 / Endoscopy and Ngenuity
Maia A.
10:00 / Discussion
10:05 / 27-Gauge vitrectomy: where are we now?
Oshima Y.
10:10 / Stiffness and displacement analysis of 23-, 25-, and 27 gauge vitreous forceps
Tognetto D.
10:15 / Combined femtophaco-vitrectomy - tips and tricks
Richard G.
10:20 / The hypersonic setting: what we need to know on stroke and vacuum to set the best fluid balance
Romano M.
10:25 / Digitally enhanced endoscopy-assisted VR surgery for severe anterior PVR
Rezende F.
10:30 / 3D Surgery: providing the best from digital imaging
Vinciguerra P.
10:35 / Discussion

10:40 - 12:15

ADVANCED SURGICAL COURSE: MACULAR SURGERY by GIVRE

AUDITORIUM

CHAIRS: Al Sabti K., Lesnoni G., Tognetto D., Zenoni S.

10:40 / Lamellar macular hole: morphological and functional characterization
Azzolini C.
10:45 / Vitrectomy for the treatment of tractional and degenerative lamellar macular holes. Results of a multicenter study
Figueroa M.
10:50 / Macular hole closure after human amniotic membrane plug transplantation: when air endotamponade is not enough
Fiore T.
10:55 / Temporal inverted ILM flap could be a standard treatment methods for large macular holes
Avci R.
11:00 / Vitrectomy for myopic macular schisis
Giansanti F.
11:05 / Unusual course of operated macular holes
Panozzo G.
11:10 / Discussion
11:15 / Pathogenesis and Treatment of cavitary optic disc Maculopathy
Johnson M.
11:20 / Autologous retinal transplantation for eyes with secondary large macular hole
Kadonosono K.
11:25 / Subretinal hemorrhage displacement with subretinal air
Mahmoud T.
11:30 / Comparison between 25-Gauge and 27-Gauge 3D visualization system-assisted vitrectomy in macular surgery
Mariotti C.
11:35 / Macular buckles when and how
Mura M.
11:40 / Discussion
11:45 / Guidelines to the management of myopic traction maculopathy based on the new MTM Italian staging system
Parolini B.
11:50 / Dexamethasone implant for the treatment of advanced stage epiretinal membrane
Peiretti E.
11:55 / Towards a new classification for large macular holes
Rezende F.
12:00 / ILM multiple folding under PFCL for large and chronic macular holes
Rossi T.
12:05 / Vitrectomy surgical treatment without tamponade for optic pit maculopathy
Rapizzi E.
12:10 / Discussion

12:15 - 13:00

EXTREME SURGERY COURSE

AUDITORIUM

CHAIRS: Avci R., Coppola M., Damato B., Garcia Arumi J., Mahmoud T.

12:15 / Surgical treatment for neovascular glaucoma
Maia A.
12:20 / Surgical outcomes of primary Vit/Buckle with gas tamponade for PVR due to peripheral retinal vascular diseases
Oshima Y.
12:25 / Transretinal tumour biopsy of small choroidal tumours with a thickness of ≤2 mm
Heimann H.
12:30 / Discussion
12:35 / Local resection of choroidal melanoma
Damato B.
12:40 / Vitrectomy for advanced intraocular malignancies
Murray T.G.
12:45 / Surgery in Uveitis (general tips and concerns, pre- and post-operatory management)
Androudi S.
12:50 / Surgical treatment of retinal vasoproliferative tumors complicated with advanced exudative retinal detachment and proliferative vitreoretinopathy
Avci R.
12:55 / Vitreoretinal surgery for an eye injury
Kulikov A.
13:00 / Discussion