Programme MONDAY, 19 MARCH 2018

8:30 Registration and welcoming

GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR RETINAL SURGERY

9:00 Introduction to the management of primary retinal detachment

9:45 Vitrectomy for primary retinal detachment

10:15 Tamponades: gases and oils; vitrectomy gauge interactions

10:30 Pneumatic retinopexy: indications and techniques

10:45 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 Practical session on detachment management: buckle elements and placement, surgical decision making (interactive session)

11:30 Macular surgery: full thickness and lamellar MH, ERM, VMT, myopic schisis, and optic disc pits

12:15 Anterior segment issues and combined approaches in vitreoretinal surgery

13:00 LUNCH

SMALL GAUGE VITRECTOMY OTHER THAN MACULAR SURGERY

14.00 Removal of IOFB

15.00 Small gauge vitrectomy for vitreous hemorrhage

15.30 COFFEE BREAK

16.00 Pearls and tricks for the approach to endophthalmitis with small gauge vitrectomy

16.45 – 17:30 Small gauge vitrectomy for dense vitreous floaters