Clinical Research Symposia

Improving refractive outcomes from ‘back to front’ (retina, lens, ciliary body, cornea):
research on ocular tissues and implants for optimizing refractive outcomes

Saturday 5 October | 08.30-17.30
Auditorium (Level 0)

08.30 - 10.30
Treatment of Macular Edema

Chairpersons: P. Barry IRELAND, R . Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS

• 08.30
• R. Schlingemann THE NETHERLANDS
  Pathogenesis of CME and pathways for drug interaction
• 08.45
• L.Wielders THE NETHERLANDS
  The ESCRS PreMED study
• 09.00
• Discussion
• 09.10
• J. Schouten THE NETHERLANDS
  A systematic meta-analysis of the treatment of macular edema
• 09.25
• G. Richards GERMAN
  Diagnosis with different modalities (OCT, FAG etc)
• 09.40
• Discussion
• 09.50
• C. Lobo PORTUGAL
  How I avoid CME
• 10.05
• J. van Meurs THE NETHERLANDS
  Surgical treatment of CME
• 10.20
• Discussion
• 10.30
• End of session

 

11.00 – 13.00
Basic Research on the Crystalline Lens and IOLs Restoring Accommodation

Chairpersons: G. Auffarth GERMANY, M. Tetz GERMANY

• 11.00
• A. Glasser USA
  Restoration of accommodation: is it really possible in the elderly?
• 11.15
• O. Stachs GERMANY
  How can we objectively measure pseudophakic accommodation?
• 11.30
• Discussion
• 11.40
• G. Auffarth GERMANY
  Move forward: accommodative IOLs with moving optics
• 11.55
• M. Tetz GERMANY
  Curvature change-based AIOL systems
• 12.10
• Discussion
• 12.20
• H. Lubatschowski GERMANY
  Presbyopia treatment of the natural lens by femtosecond laser
• 12.35
• O. Nishi JAPAN
  Update on lens refilling
• 12.50
• Discussion
• 13.00
• End of session

 

13.30 – 15.30
Effects of Phakic IOLs

Chairpersons: M. Knorz GERMANY, T. Kohnen GERMANY

• 13.30
• T. Kohnen GERMANY
  Overview of phakic IOLs
• 13.45
• A. Marinho PORTUGAL
  Anterior chamber designs
• 14.00
• Discussion
• 14.10
• C. Budo BELGIUM
  Iris supported phakic IOLs
• 14.25
• R. Zaldivar ARGENTINA
  Posterior chamber phakic IOLs 
• 14.40
• Discussion
• 14.50
• M. Knorz GERMANY
  Peer-reviewed long-term data on phakic IOLs
• 15.05
• J. Alió SPAIN
  What we learned from the past and what might be the future of phakic IOLs
• 15.20
• Discussion
• 15.30
• End of session

15.30 – 17.30
Corneal Stem Cells: A Future for Therapy of Corneal Disease

Chairpersons: H. Dua UK, F. Majo SWITZERLAND

• 15.30
• F. Majo SWITZERLAND
  The science of corneal epithelial stem cells
• 15.45
• F. Kruse GERMANY
  Clinical applications of corneal epithelial stem cells: in vivo expansion techniques
• 16.00
• P. Rama ITALY
  Clinical applications of corneal epithelial stem cells: ex vivo expansion techniques
• 16.15
• Discussion
• 16.30
• H. Dua UK
  Corneal stromal mesenchymal stem cells and mesenchymal epithelial transition
• 16.45
• S. Kinoshita JAPAN
  Corneal endothelial stem cells
• 17.00
• C. Cursiefen GERMANY
  Epithelial stem cells, corneal (lymph)angiogenic privilege and pathological neovascularization: management options
• 17.15
• Discussion
• 17.30
• End of session