1st Vitreoretinal Symposium
Frankfurt / Marburg 1998


Wet-Labs

Friday, March 20th, 1998

Wet-Lab No. 1: Vitrectomy
Main lecturer/tutor P. Kroll (Marburg), J. Schmidt (Marburg)

Wet-Lab No. 2: Advanced vitrectomy
Main lecturer/tutor F. Koch (Frankfurt), H. Gerding (Muenster)



Scientific Program

Friday, March 20th, 1998

Opening of Meeting
F. Koch, P. Kroll (Frankfurt/Marburg)

1st session: Drug delivering devices

1. P. Ashton, H. Guo, J. Chen, et al (Boston)
Long term intravitreal drug and delivery

2. H. Guembel, F. Koch (Frankfurt)
Clinical experience in 41 patients with an sustained-release intraretinal ganciclovir implant for the treament of cytomegalovirus-retinitis in patients with aids

2nd session: Retina implants

3. R. Eckmiller (Bonn)
Das EPI-RET Project: Retina Implantate als lernfähige Sehprothesen für Blinde mit Netzhautdegeneration

4. H. Gerding, C. Uhlig, U. Thelen, et al (Muenster)
Die epiretinale Fixation von Netzhautprothesen (Retina Implat): Eine ophthalmochirurgische Herausforderung

5. L. Hesse (Marburg)
Chirurgisches Vorgehen, epiretinale Fixationsmethoden und Stimulationsergebnisse eines elektronischen Implantats. Derzeitiger Stand beim Epi-Ret-Implant-Projekt.

6. H. G. Sachs, K. Kobuch, E. Zrenner, V. P. Gabel (Regensburg/Tuebingen)
Ab interno Implantationen von subretinalen Photodioden

7. K. Kobuch, H. G. Sachs, E. Zrenner, V. P. Gabel (Regensburg/Tuebingen)
Demonstration of an ab externo transchoroidal access to the subretinal space for implantation of microphotodiodes and other clinical applications

3rd session: Retinal Detachment, PVR

8. I. Kreissig (Tuebingen)
Extraocular Minimal Surgery in Treating Retinal Detachments: Longterm Results of Consecutive Retinal Detachments and Selected Detachments with Moderate PVR (B, C1, C2)

9. H. Lincoff (New York)
Scleral buckling vs. Primary vitrectomy

10. S. Grizzard (Tampa)
A comparison of facility charges between pneumatic retinopexy and scleral buckling

11. P. Tornambe (San Diego)
Pneumatic Retinopexy. The evolution of case selection and surgical technique. A twelve-year study of 302 eyes

12. H. Meinert, (Ulm)
Semifluorinated alkanes - A new class of compounds with revolutionary properties for utilisation in the ophthalmic field

13. B. Kirchhof (Aachen)
Primäre Vitrektomie

14. M. B. Landers (Houston)
Use of temporary keratoprosthesis in ocular trauma repair

15. Susanne Binder (Wien)
Vitreous surgery with silicone oil: what next?

16. P. Wiedemann, F. Faude (Leipzig)
Update on treatment strategies in human PVR

Saturday, March 21st, 1998

4th session: Developing techniques


17. M. Spitznas (Bonn)
Wide field observation and illumination in vitreo-

18. S. Grizzard (Tampa)
Introduction to the Multiport Illumination System (MIS)

19. D. Beck (Zuerich)
Image quality of ophthalmic endoscopes

20. F. Koch (Frankfurt/Main)
Braucht man Endoskope für die Netzhaut- und Glaskörperchirurgie?

21. C. A. Garcia (Houston)
High resolution endoscopy and micromanipulation

22. S. Charles (Memphis)
Dexterity enhancement for surgical and industrial applications

5th session: Macula

23. H. Schubert (New York)
Update on the glial repair of macular holes

24. H. Laqua, H. Hoerauf, J. Roider, et al (Luebeck)
Klinische Erfahrungen mit neuen Verfahren: PDT, selektive RPE-Koagulation und ein neues OCT

25. U. Mester, M. Becker (Sulzbach)
Was beeinflußt die Ergebnisse der Makulalochchirurgie?

26. G. Richard (Hamburg)
Das vitreomaculäre Traktionssyndrom

27. H. Gerding (Muenster)
Makulalochchirurgie: Einsatz von schweren Flüssigkeiten und Silikonöl

28. B. Corcóstegui (Barcelona)
Traumatic macular hole. Indications, surgical technique and results

29. Y. Le Mer (Montreil)
Vitrectomy for diffuse macular edema in diabetic retinopathy

6th session: Diabetes, Uveitis, Combined procedures

30. J. Sebag (Huntington Beach)
Molecular Vitreolysis

31. J. Sebag (Huntington Beach) Molecular mechanismus of diabetic vitreoretinopathy

32. P. Kroll, S. Bodanowitz (Marburg)
Proliferative Diabetische Retinopathie: PDVR-Klassifikation

33. J. Faulborn, N. Ardjomand (Graz)
Zur Therapie der diabetischen Traktionsamotio

34. M. Hammer (Tampa)
Post-laser subfoveolar membrane in diabetic maculopathy: treatment with good visual result

35. S. Sinclair, A. Gupta (Upland)
Endoscopic endocyclophotocoagulation during pars plana vitrectomy

36. A. Augustin, K. Loeffler, W. Sekundo, et al (Bonn)
Allopurinol as a new therapeutic approach in uveitis

37. MD D. Wong (Toronto)
Uveitic Dilemmas

38. P. Senn, P. Schmid, I. Schipper, et al (Luzern)
Interaction between silicone oil and silicone intraocular lenses

39. T. Kohnen (Frankfurt)
Interaction of intraocular lenses with the posterior segment

40. U. Fries (Frankfurt)
High frequency ultrasound - New frontiers in vitreoretinal diagnosis

41. P. R. Pavan (Tampa)
The Word Wide Web - Ophthalmology in the Internet




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