J. Fernando Arevalo

Chair(s): Hassan Mortada (Egypt); Tiliksew Teshome (Ethiopia); J. Fernando Arevalo (United States);

Introduction
Hassan Mortada (Egypt)
Early vitrectomy for DR
Maria Berrocal (Puerto Rico)
Advantages of TRD treatment with digital platform
Marco Mura (Saudi Arabia)
Correlation of pre-operative Swept Source OCT & intraoperative findings in vitrectomy for PDR
Cyrus Shroff (India)
Gauges, techniques and more ....in the management of severe PDR complications
Faisal Fayyad (Jordan)
Vitreoretinal interface disorders in DR: Diagnosis & surgical approach
Hassan Mortada (Egypt)
Lamellar approach in the surgical management of tractional retinal detachment in diabetic retinopathy
Armin Wolf (Germany)
Final Comments & Questions
J. Fernando Arevalo (United States)

Topic: Surgical Retina

Chair(s): Matt Young (South Africa); Ehab El Rayes (Egypt); Makoto Inoue (Japan); J. Fernando Arevalo (United States);

Introduction and Ground Rules
Ehab El Rayes (Egypt)
Early Vitrectomy for Non Tractional DME vs. Repeat IVT Injections (PRO Vitrectomy for Non Tractional DME)
Makoto Inoue (Japan)
Early Vitrectomy for Non Tractional DME vs. Repeat IVT Injections (PRO Repeat IVT Injections)
Timothy Lai (Hong Kong)
Lens Sparing Vitrectomy vs. Vitrectomy With Routine Lens Extraction in RD (PRO Lens Sparing Vitrectomy)
Arturo Alezzandrini (Argentina)
Lens Sparing Vitrectomy vs. Vitrectomy With Routine Lens Extraction in RD (PRO Routine Lens Extraction)
TBA
Scleral Buckling vs. No Buckle in Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous RD (PRO Buckling)
Ferenc Kuhn (United States)
Scleral Buckling vs. No Buckle in Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous RD (PRO Vitrectomy)
Mark Johnson (United States)
Vitrectomy and ILM peeel Vs Macular Buckling in High myopic macular Hole detachment (PRO Vitrectomy)
Barbara Parolini (Italy)
Vitrectomy and ILM peeel Vs Macular Buckling in High myopic macular Hole detachment (PRO Macular Buckling)
Marco Mura (Saudi Arabia)

Topic: Surgical Retina

Chair(s): Mark S Humayun (United States); Stefan Sacu (Austria); Kwesi Amissah-Arthur (Ghana);

Introduction
Mark S Humayun (United States)
Vitrectomy for DME unresponsive to pharmacologic therapy-is Surgery beneficial?
J. Fernando Arevalo (United States)
Impact of the Photoreceptor Layer in Vitreoretinal Surgery
Stefan Sacu (Austria)
Retinal transplantation for failed macular holes
Okonkwo Ogugua (Nigeria)
Retinal Implants: abiotic-biotic interfaces
Mark S Humayun (United States)
Stem cell derived therapy for Stargardt’s disease. A phase I/II clinical trial
Rodrigo Brant (Brazil)
Gene therapy as a drug delivery platform for non-inherited retinal degenerations
Szilard Kiss (United States)

Topic: Surgical Retina