2. Edinburgh 2014 | 20–21 November
1 WELCOME
BEAVRS
Temple House
Temple Road
Blackrock
Co. Dublin
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 288 3630
Fax: +353 1 209 1112
Email: meetings@beavrs.org
Web: www.beavrs.org
Dear Delegates,
Welcome to Edinburgh and BEAVRS 2014.
We are delighted to welcome you to the city of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, where centuries of history meet a vibrant,
cosmopolitan city in an unforgettable setting. Edinburgh is the world’s festival capital and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The city has long been known abroad as a centre of education, particularly in the field of medicine. It is only fitting that we
meet here at the Royal College of Physicians; a unique historic venue in Edinburgh’s New Town and a building with a long
association with developing standards of medical care and training.
This year’s exciting scientific programme hopes to engage and continue the BEAVRS tradition of frank exchange and
discussion. BEAVRS aims are to encourage high quality patient care through education, research, audit and revalidation. We
hope the scientific knowledge shared at this meeting will further these aims.
We are delighted to welcome our visiting Professor Morten Dornonville de la Cour from Denmark and look forward to his
talk: “How to make the pucker patient happy”
Another highlight of the meeting will be the Gala Dinner taking place on Thursday evening at The Hub. The Hub is
Edinburgh’s iconic landmark, it towers over the heart of the world’s leading festival city, gloriously dominating the skyline
on the Royal Mile between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace. This unique and spectacular venue is a stunning
combination of award winning contemporary design and classic Victorian architecture, it is also home of the Edinburgh
International Festival.
Thank you again for your continued support and we look forward to some lively debate in the area of vitreoretinal surgery.
I wish you all a wonderful congress and hope that you enjoy your stay in Edinburgh.
Best Wishes,
Harry Bennett
3. Edinburgh 2014 | 20–21 November
2EXHIBITION PLAN & LIST
Exhibitor Name Booth Number Exhibitor Name Booth Number
Grafton Optical 1
Spectrum Thea 2
Carleton Optical 3
Kestrel Medical 4
Sigmacon UK LTD 5
Vision Care 6
BL7
Instinctive Limited 8
Keeler9
Alcon10
Alcon11
DORC12
Rayner13
SD Healthcare 14
Altomed15
John Weiss 16
MISS Ophthalmic 17
Spectrum18
Stat One 19
Veni-Vidi20
Oraya21
Allergan22
Heidelberg Engineering 23
Carl Zeiss 24
Bayer25
7
6
9 10
11
12
13
14
15
23
22
21
2017
16
18 19
24
25
5
4
3
2
1
8
REGISTRATION
CATERING POINT 1
MAIN ENTRANCE
CATERING POINT 2
LECTURE THEATRE
4. Edinburgh 2014 | 20–21 November
3 THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER
11.40 – 12.45
Session 2
Ocriplasmin Symposium
Moderators: David Steel
Richard Haynes
11.40 David Steel
Ocriplasmin – thoughts on action, inaction
and mis-action
11.48 Thomas Papathomas
Results of ocriplasmin intravitreal injection in patients
with vitreomacular traction with or without macular hole
11.55 Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
The unexpected effects of ocriplasmin: the good
and the bad
12.02 Johannes Keller
Early real-life experience with intravitreal ocriplasmin:
outcomes and side effects
12.09 Vasileios Papastavrou
Early outcomes from the North East Regional
Jetrea Database
12.16 Rahila Zakir
MR v VR – who should be giving ocriplasmin?
12.23 Prof. Morten Dornonville de la Cour
My 16 cases
12.28 Richard Haynes
Ocriplasmin – BEAVRS experience
12.35 Discussion
12.45 End of session
12.45 – 13.45
Lunch Exhibition
09.30
Registration and Coffee
10.30
Welcome – Harry Bennett
10.35 – 11.40
Session 1
Unusual Cases
Moderators: Alistair Laidlaw
Bill Aylward
10.35 Assad Jalil
The man with the dragon tattoo
10.42 Charalambos (Harry) Tossounis
Removing a dropped IOL and implanting an ARTISAN
aphakic lens: the float and suck technique
10.49 Richard Barry
Can taking a holiday reattach your retina?
10.56 Ian Dooley
Displaced Fluocinolone Acetonide implant (Iluvien) into
the anterior chamber
11.03 Peter Cikatricis
Surgical strategy of Capsulo-Retinal Adhesion syndrome
in a Marfan’s syndrome patient with chronic phacolysis
11.10 Rajeev G. Tanawade
“Reverse Macular Hole” – A novel mechanism of
macular hole creation
11.17 Sami Habal
Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment post central serous
chorioretinopathy
11.24 Ibrahim Elaraoud
Macular hole comes back with vengeance
11.30 Anand Chawla
Pars Plana Vitrectomy for posterior dislocation of descemet
stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty flap
11.35 Discussion
11.40 End of session
5. Edinburgh 2014 | 20–21 November
4THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER
15.30 – 15.55
Coffee Exhibition
15.55 – 16.50
Session 5
Macular
Moderators: David Yorston
Niall Patton
15.55 Hong Woon
Finite element analysis of the inner retina at the fovea:
evidence for a bistable structure
16.02 Fiona Bishop
Asymmetric vitreomacular traction and symmetrical full
thickness macular hole formation
16.09 Jennifer Kirby
Movement of the inner retina in developing FTMH:
evidence against the tangential traction hypothesis
16.16 David Steel
Does anything predict surgical outcome in cases of optic
disc pit maculopathy?
16.23 Rubina Rahman
Visual and anatomical outcomes of patients undergoing
combined phacovitrectomy with internal limiting
membrane peel for vitreomacular traction
16.30 Sher Aslam
The dynamics of peeling
16.36 Tarek Hammam
Lamellar macular holes: surgical outcomes from 2
vitreoretinal units
16.42 Anand Chawla
Long term structural and functional outcomes following
macular hole surgery
16.48 Discussion
16.50 End of session
16.50 – 17.40
BEAVRS Visiting Professor
16.50 Bill Aylward PRESIDENT OF BEAVRS
Introduction of BEAVRS Visiting Professor
16.52 Prof. Morten Dornonville de la Cour DENMARK
“How to make the pucker patient happy”
17.40 Harry Bennett
Closing remarks
19.00 – Late
Reception Gala Dinner Festival Hub
13.45 – 14.25
Session 3
Scleral Buckling Symposium
Moderators: Jas Singh
Steve Charles
13.45 Harold Hammer
To buckle or not to buckle...
13.54 Douglas Newman
Silicone sponges – tips for success
14.03 Rubina Rahman
Scleral buckling using non-contact wide angle viewing
system and endoillumination
14.12 Richard Haynes
Simulation of scleral buckling
14.20 Discussion
14.25 End of session
14.25 – 15.30
Session 4
Retinal Detachment
Moderators: Harold Hammer
Harry Bennett
14.25 Tim Jackson
Database study of retinal detachment
14.32 Roxane Hillier
‘PIVOT’: The pneumatic retinopexy versus vitrectomy
for primary retinal detachment outcomes trial: study
methodology early interim findings
14.40 Vasileios Petousis
Retinal detachment following cataract surgery: a review
of 19,983 consecutive cataract operations
14.47 Ashraf Khan
Retinal detachment following argon laser retinopexy
14.55 Patel Gordon-Bennett
Visual outcome of phacoemulsification and lens implant
with pars plana vitrectomy for primary rhegmatogenous
retinal detachment
15.02 Jas Singh
It’s a wrap
15.09 Tim Cochrane
Retinectomy-retinopexy: intra-op or post-op? A case
control study
15.15 David Yorston
BEAVRS RD database: The first 2,000 cases
Authors – BEAVRS members
15.25 Discussion
15.30 End of session
6. Edinburgh 2014 | 20–21 November
5 FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER
08.50 – 10.00
Session 6
Tamponades/Adjuvants/
Complications
Moderators: Tom Williamson
Roxane Hillier
08.50 Guzaliya Safiullina
A simple 23Guage system for silicone oil extraction
08.55 Aws Al-Hity
Retina detachment following Ozurdex
09.00 Imran Khan
Intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator and gas for
submacular haemorrhage
09.07 David Yorston
Managing submacular haemorrhage – size matters
09.14 Steve Charles
Never events
09.21 Tom Williamson
Size matters
09.28 Emanuel Ramos de Carvalho
Anatomical and visual outcomes after T-shaped macular
buckling in highly myopic eyes with macular detachment
09.35 Maria Vrahimi
The risk factors and outcome of iatrogenic retinal breaks
during pars plana vitrectomy for RRD
09.42 Ibrahim Masri
Silicone oil removal
09.49 Mahi Muqit
National survey of vitreoretinal surgery fellows in the
United Kingdom
09.56 Discussion
10.00 End of session
10.00 – 10.30
AGM
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Exhibition
11.00 – 11.50
Session 7
Diabetes/Infection/Laser
Moderators: Karen Madill
Graham Cormack
11.00 Rodolfo Mastropasqua
Delamination surgery in diabetic patients: preliminary
outcomes of a 5 year retrospective clinical trial
11.07 Richard Newsom
Outcome of contralateral eye in patients with diabetic
vitreous haemorrhage
11.14 Huw Jenkins
23-gauge Vitrectomy Outcomes for Proliferative diabetic
retinopathy: Retrospective Cohort Study
11.21 Rosie Dawkins
Fungal endophthalmitis: evidence from the Victorian
endophthalmitis study
11.28 Martin Vinten
A rare case of panophthalmitis with intraocular gas
11.34 Jack Gormley
Whether vitreous status (attached/detached) affects visual
outcome in patients undergoing vitrectomy for floaters
11.40 Sarit Lesnik Oberstein
Floaters and floaterectomy, a different entity than we think?
11.47 Discussion
11.50 End of session
11.50 – 12.15
Session 8
BEAVRS Survey Forum Topics –
Live Voting!
Moderators: Harry Bennett
Jas Singh
7. Edinburgh 2014 | 20–21 November
6FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER
12.15 – 12.45
Session 9
Great Debate – Endophthalmitis
“All cases of suspected post-operative
endophthalmitis should be treated
by the VR surgeon from the outset”
Introduction: Bill Aylward
12.15 For the motion: Felipe Dhawahir-Scala
12.25 Against the motion: Niall Patton
12.35 Discussion
12.45 End of session
12.45 – 13.45
Lunch Exhibition
13.45 – 14.25
Session 10
Stem Cells Symposium
Moderators: David Steel
Harry Bennett
13.45 Prof. Sir Ian Wilmut
Emerging opportunities for stem cell therapy
13.55 Shyamanga Borooah
Towards pre-treating retinal degenerations using
stem cells
14.05 Prof. Jim Bainbridge
Early experience of human embryonic stem-cell derived
RPE transplantation
14.15 Discussion
14.25 End of session
14.25 – 16.10
Session 11
Innovation/Trauma/Service
Moderators: Richard Sheard
Zac Koshy
14.25 Mahmut Dogramaci
Understanding unintentional retinal displacement after
pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for rhegmatogenous retinal
detachment (RRD) through surgical reverse engineering
(SRE) technology
14.34 Andreas Kontos
Forceps grip characteristics in vitreoretinal surgery
14.41 Y.C. Yap
Evaluating a new 25G vitreoretinal non-posturing service
14.48 Walter Andreatta
Cost analysis of vitrectomy with or without
phacoemulsification surgery in the management of
macular holes
14.55 Hadi Zambarakji
Direct cost of pars plana vitrectomy for the treatment of
macular hole, epiretinal membrane and vitreomacular
traction: a bottom-up approach
15.02 Steve Winder
Results of modified Scharioth Scleral pockets for
intraocular lens implantation
15.09 Nishanthan Srikantha
Use of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching to
measure macromolecular diffusion in vitreous
15.16 Liam Sullivan
The accuracy of optical biometry in rhegmatogenous
retinal detachment
15.23 Richard Haynes
Simulation of vitrectomy surgery
15.30 Chien Wong
Outcomes of clear corneal endoscopic vitrectomy
for vitreoretinal complications following successful
retinoblastoma treatment
15.36 James Neffendorf
Epimacular brachytherapy for previously treated
neovascular age-related macular degeneration
(MERLOT): Year 1 Sub-group Analysis
15.43 Philip Alexander
Electrospun polymer scaffolds for transplantation of the
retinal pigment epithelium
15.50 Caspar Geenen
Smart eye shields
15.57 Discussion
16.05 Harry Bennett
Close of meeting thanks
16.10
Final Coffee Farewell
8. Exact dates and venue to follow...
See you next year at BEAVRS 2015,
taking place in
Sheffield
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