VRS 2001: Strategies and Instrumentation

Saturday, November 3rd, 2001

5th Session:
Strategies and Instrumentation

10:20

Chairman: Claude Boscher (Saint-Quen)

10:30

Steve Charles (Memphis)
New tools and techniques

10:40

Didier Ducournau (Nantes)
Flow control during vitrectomy

10:50

Carl C. Awh (Nashville)
An objective comparison of vitreous cutters: How fast is a „high speed" cutter?

11:00

Albert Augustin (Karlsruhe)
Vitreoretinal surgery in eyes with multifocal lenses

11:10

Mark Hammer (Tampa)
Bimanual vitrectomy using the multiport illumination system for the creation of giant retinotomies, treatment of giant retina tears, and treatment of detachments with hard to visualize peripheral breaks.

11:20

Jerzy Nawrocki (Lodz)
Color iris prosthesis

11:30

Claude Boscher (Saint-Quen)
Endoscopic vitrectomy

11:50

Mark Hammer (Tampa)
Endoscopy for evaluation and treatment of the ciliary body in hypotony and other visualization problems during vitrectomy

12:00

Michel Eid Farah (Sao Paulo)
New indications for intraocular gas

12:10

Jerzy A. Mackiewicz (Lublin)
Intraocular pressure after vitrectomy with various materials for internal tamponade

12:20

Lutz Hesse (Marburg)
Der Flüssigkeits-Luft Austausch reduziert die Ganglien-zellaktivität in der Netzhaut

12:30

Carlos Mateo (Barcelona)
Vitrectomy under PFC in PVR

12:40

Peter Strmen (Bratislava)
Combined episkleral and vitreoretinal surgery

12:50

Peter Senn (Luzern)
Primary vitrectomy for pseudophacic detachments

13:00

Michaela Velikay-Parel (Wien)
Strategies to prevent reoperation in PVR

13:10

Panel discussion with all session speakers

Moderator: Steve Charles (Memphis)
Michel Eid Farah (Sao Paulo)

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch and coffee break with the exhibitors.
Lunch and coffee breaks are supported by:

Nürnberg