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BEAVRS Annual Meeting 2024

Monday 18th November 2024

07:30 – 09:00: Registration & Industry Exhibition

09:00 – 09:05: Welcome & Introduction

Speaker: Mr. Mark Costen

09:05 – 10:10: Free Papers - Macular Surgery

Moderators: Mr. Mark Costen & Prof. Tim Jackson

09:05 – 09:10: A National Survey on timing of macular hole surgery among vitreoretinal surgeons in the UK - Jonathan K. Y. Ng, Assad Jalil
09:10 – 09:15: Liquid plasma rich in growth factors for high-risk macular holes - Christopher Holmes, Lyndon DaCruz
09:15 – 09:20: Enhancing Visual Outcomes in Macular Hole Surgery - Marco Anastasi
09:20 – 09:25: Analysis of Foveal Microstructural Changes in Spontaneously Closed Macular Holes - Abdallah Ellabban
09:25 – 09:30: Surgical Variables & Closure Patterns in Macular Hole Repair - Anita Muskalska
09:30 – 09:35: SHOE study: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Full-Thickness Macular Holes - Beatrice Gallo
09:35 – 09:40: Discussion

10:10 – 10:30: Submacular Haemorrhage Update

Speaker: Prof. Tim Jackson

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee & Industry Exhibition

11:00 – 11:50: Free Papers - My Scleral Fixation Journey

Moderators: Mr. Abdallah Ellabban, Mr. Kurt Cornish Spiteri

11:00 – 11:05: Carlevale intraocular lens with suturless scleral fixation - Ana Sofia Cunha Teixeira
11:05 – 11:10: Outcomes in Secondary IOL Implantation - Swati Parida
11:10 – 11:15: Carlevalleys - 2 dips on the learning curve - Mark Costen
11:15 – 11:20: Carlevale IOL Challenges - Marco Anastasi
11:20 – 11:25: Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphaema Syndrome - Noureldin Elsamman
11:25 – 11:30: Retropupillary Artisan IOL - Mohammad Al-Akaidi
11:30 – 11:35: Sutureless Artisan Implantation - Mayuresh Naik
11:35 – 11:45: SLIDO Poll
11:45 – 11:50: Discussion

11:50 – 12:25: Free Papers - Diabetes & Miscellaneous

Moderators: Mr. Assad Jalil & Mr. David Steel

11:50 – 11:55: Clinical biomarkers predictive of future vitrectomy in patients with PDR - Aruni Kumari Makuloluwa
11:55 – 12:00: iOCT-enhanced vitrectomy for advanced proliferative retinopathy - Mohamed Nasr
12:00 – 12:05: Early vs delayed vitrectomy for vitreous haemorrhage - Neil Shah
12:05 – 12:10: Role of Vitreoretinal Surgery in Managing Malignant Glaucoma - Khalid Khalil
12:10 – 12:15: Retinal detachment rate following complex cataract surgery - Alasdair I Simpson
12:15 – 12:20: Indications for floaterectomy - Varo Kirthi
12:20 – 12:25: Discussion

12:25 – 13:25: Lunch & Industry Exhibition

13:25 – 14:25: Simulation & Technology

Moderators: Mr. Jim Innes, Mr. Steve Charles, Mr. Khalid Khalil

13:25 – 13:40: Simulation? Ha-Ha! - Mr. Jim Innes
13:40 – 13:55: ALCONLABS Course - Mr. Aman Chandra
13:55 – 14:10: Surgical Simulation: Buckling the Trend - Mr. Stephen Charles
14:10 – 14:25: VR in Curriculum 2024 - Mr. Arijit Mitra

14:25 – 14:40: Free Papers - Simulation

14:25 – 14:30: Ophthalmic Microsurgery Robot (OmSR) as a platform to educate and facilitate robotic surgery transition. - Aleksandra Goch, Marco Anastasi, Marinko Sarunic, Agostino Stilli, Danail Stoyanov, Riaz Asaria

14:30 – 14:35: Effects of adopting a Navigated Pattern Laser system (Navilas) on Diabetic and Vitreoretinal Services in Hull. - Qi Xun Lim, Daisy Morgan, Mark Costen

14:35 – 14:40: Discussion

14:40 – 15:15: Free Papers - Retinal Detachment: 1

Moderators: Prof. P. Szurman, Mr. David Yorston, Miss Roxane Hillier

14:40 – 14:45: Modified pneumatic retinopexy with endoillumination for management of recurrent retinal detachment after failed scleral buckle. - Sean Zhou, Marco Anastasi, Marinko Sarunic, Agostino Stilli, Danail Stoyanov, Riaz Asaria

14:45 – 14:50: Real-life experience with pneumatic retinopexy: a UK-based 10-years outcomes study. - Fernando J. Huelin, Antonio Rivera Real, Raffaele Raimondi, Boon Lin Teh, Roxane Hillier

14:50 – 14:55: Long-term outcomes of primary anatomical failures after pneumatic retinopexy: characterisation of cases and implications on final prognosis outcome. - Fernando J. Huelin, Antonio Rivera Real, Raffaele Raimondi, Boon Lin Teh, Roxane J. Hillier

14:55 – 15:00: Pneumatic retinopexy for superior round hole retinal detachments - Elizabeth Yang, Achini Makuloluwa, Graeme Loh, Rob Henderson, Paul Sullivan

15:00 – 15:05: Automated external subretinal drainage during Scleral Buckling - Sam Kanavati, Sher Aslam

15:05 – 15:10: Long-Term Success and Complications in Scleral Buckle Surgeries: A 15-Year Retrospective Analysis. - Nouf Alnafisee, Naseer Ally, Ritu Agarwal, Assad Jalil, Kirti Madhukar Jasani

15:10 – 15:15: Discussion

15:15 – 15:45: Tea & Industry Exhibition

15:45 – 16:20: Free Papers - Retinal Detachment: 2

Moderators: Prof. P. Szurman, Mr. David Yorston, Miss Roxane Hillier

15:45 – 15:50: Posturing and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) development following vitrectomy for retinal detachment - Max Griebsch, Heinrich Heinmann, Rumana Hussain, Fidan Jmor, Paul Chua, Shi Zhuan Tan

15:50 – 15:55: EYE_CHOOSE: Comparing the cost-effectiveness, barriers and facilitators to the adoption of alternative surgical techniques for the management of retinal detachment in the National Health Service (NIHR203055) - Roxane J Hillier, Ashleigh Kernohan, Matthew Breckons, Stephen RIce, Sheila Wallace, Luke Vale

15:55 – 16:00: Surgically induced scleritis after pars plana vitrectomy or scleral buckle: a 12-year audit - Antony Raharja, Neil Shah, Syed Ahmed, Siegfried Wagner, Narciss Okhravi, James Bainbridge

16:00 – 16:05: Not all audits are equal – be careful what you measure - Francis Carr, Luke Herbert

16:05 – 16:10: Retinoschisis associated retinal detachment: anatomical and functional outcomes - Mariam El-Abiary, Karina Spiess, Sandra Banderas Garcia, Assad Jalil, George Moussa, Tsveta Ivanova

16:10 – 16:15: Timescale and rate of retinal detachment in viral retinitis - Matthew Maguire, Edward Hughes

16:15 – 16:20: Discussion

16:20 – 16:30: What have we learned over the last ten years?

Speaker: Mr. David Yorston

16:30 – 16:45: Dealing with a Major VR Clinical Incident

Speaker: Mr. Eoin O'Sullivan & SLIDO question before & after (Recorded talk)
SLIDO led by Assad Jalil & Louisa Wickham


16:45 – 17:15: International Guest Lecture: Buckles and Hydrogels

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter Szurman

17:15 – 17:30: Summary & Close

Speaker: Mr. Mark Costen

19.00 - Dinner at 'The Deep'

COACH TO LEAVE THE HOTEL AT 1900 AND 1915
COACH TO RETURN TO HOTEL AT 2215 & 2230



Tuesday 19th November 2024

08:00 – 09:00: Registration & Industry Exhibition

09:00 – 10:00: Free Papers - Miscellaneous, Diabetes & Innovation

Moderators: Miss Laura Wakely & Mr. Steve Winder

09:00 – 09:05: Introduction of a patient information leaflet with pictures and videos to improve patients’ certainty of their post-operative posturing instructions after vitreoretinal surgery. - Jae Yee KU, Ivan SYCHEV, Nima GHADIRI, Tom SOUTHERN, Heinrich HEIMANN, Rumana HUSSAIN

09:05 – 09:10: Can three questions related to adequacy of primary laser retinopexy and examination replace the need for vitreoretinal clinic follow-up? - Francis Carr, Hong Kai Lim, Luke Herbert, Guy Negretti

09:10 – 09:15: Use of a vital subretinal MembraneBlue Dual Dye as photophore in augmenting laser retinopexy in posterior pole retinal detachment. - Maged S Habib, Eugene Ng, Marin Belak, Martin J. Siemerink, Marco Lukic, Emmanuel Ankamah

09:15 – 09:20: Sensitivity and Utility of Ultra-Wide Field Imaging for the Detection of Peripheral Retinal Breaks. - Robert McGrath, Simon Neary, Dara Kilmartin

09:20 – 09:25: Laser Retinopexy Retreatment Rates - Stavros Velissaris, Christos Iosifidis, Karina Spiess, Niall Patton

09:25 – 09:30: Discussion

09:30 – 09:35: Fully automated Simultaneous Perfluorocarbon Liquid-Silicone Oil Exchange in Complex Vitrectomy.
Abdallah Ellabban, Ahmed A Saad, Kinza T Ahmad, Ahmed B Sallam

09:35 – 09:40: Transconjunctival vs layered sutures for sclerostomy closure in vitrectomy surgery: effects on patient pain scores and post-operative inflammation.
Jonathan K. Y. Ng, Emma Linton, George Moussa, Kirti Jasani

09:40 – 09:45: Long term analysis of microbiological isolates and antibiotic susceptibilities in acute postoperative endophthalmitis: a UK multicentre study.
Boon Lin The, Ariel Yuhan Ong, Ankur Mehta, Vy Hoang, Peter Charbel Issa, Jonathan Smith, David H Steel

09:45 – 09:50: Endophthalmitis following pars plana vitrectomy: A 11-year retrospective cohort of 36,843 procedures.
Siegfried Karl Wagner, Harry Petrushkin, Asterios Diafas, Achini Makulolwa, Lyndon da Cruz, Mahi MK Muqit

09:50 – 09:55: Pars plana vitrectomy vitreous biopsy technique with a twenty-fold above average incidence of primary vitreoretinal lymphoma in Southeast England.
Francis Carr, Guy Negretti

09:55 – 10:00: Discussion

10:00 – 10:30: Paediatric VR

Moderators: Mr. Kanmin Xue & Mr. Rob Henderson

10:00 – 10:15: Giant retinal break in non-accidental head injury - Mr. Kanmin Xue
10:15 – 10:30: Retinal Detachment in Kids: A Rollercoaster Ride - Mr. Rob Henderson

10:30 – 10:45: Free Papers - Paediatric VR

Moderators: Mr. Kanmin Xue & Mr. Rob Henderson

10:30 – 10:35: Neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years of age following ultra-low-dose intravitreal bevacizumab for treatment of retinopathy of prematurity.
Shahanaz Ahmed, James Convill, Matthew Hartley, Aisling Higham, Theodora Mantzari, Roxane Hillier

10:35 – 10:40: Efficacy of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) in high-risk pediatric retinal detachment; randomized clinical trial.
Mohamed Nasr, Ahmed Abdelhadi, Amr Bessa, Tamer Moussa Ibrahim

10:40 – 10:45: Discussion

10:45 – 11:20: Coffee & Industry Exhibition

11:20 – 12:40: Gene Therapy Session

Moderators: Prof. Robert MacLaren, Prof. Fanny Nerinckx, Mr. Abdallah Ellabban

11:20 – 11:30: XLRP - Prof. Robert MacLaren
11:30 – 11:40: Gene Therapy for Choroideraemia - Dr. Jasmina Kapetanovic
11:40 – 11:50: Surgical delivery of retinal gene therapy and how to minimise inflammatory response - Mr. Kanmin Xue
11:50 – 12:00: Applying genomics to optimise RD prophylaxis and management - Mr. David Keegan
12:00 – 12:10: Treatments for Battens Disease Retinopathy - Mr. Rob Henderson
12:10 – 12:40: I OCT & Robotic Retina Surgery: the search of standardising VR procedures - Professor Fanny Nerinckx

12:40 – 13:40: Lunch & Industry Exhibition

13:40 – 14:10: BEAVRS AGM (Members Only)

14:10 – 15:10: Fellows Video Competition

Moderators: Mr. Aman Chandra, Mr. James Neffendorf, Mr. Mark Costen, Miss Rumana Hussain, Mr. Sher Aslam & Ms. Shohista Saidkasimova, Mr. David Yorston

14:10 – 14:15: Introduction

14:16 – 14:22: “Sandwich tamponade technique for the management of giant retinal tear retinal detachment” - Beatrice Gallo

14:23 – 14:29: “Beware the Healon GV!” - Mariam El-Albiary

14:30 – 14:36: “A passage to the AC” - Anthony Shinton

14:37 – 14:43: “Illuminating Techniques of Giant Retinal Tear Repair” - Laya Alkhazraji

14:44 – 14:50: “iOCT-enhanced vitrectomy for advanced proliferative retinopathy” - Marco Anastasi

14:50 – 14:55: Voting (SLIDO)

14:55 – 15:05: BEAVRS Database: Latest Developments - Mr. David Yorston

15:05 – 15:10: Announce the winner - Shohista Saidkasimova

15:15 – 15:45: Tea & Industry Exhibition

15:45 – 16:45: Research Session

Moderators: Teresa Sandhina, Abdallah Ellabban

15:45 – 15:50: Scleral Rupture during Cryo-retinopexy (SCARCE study) - Mr. Asterios Diafas (Recorded talk)
15:50 – 15:55: Outcomes of retinal detachment in sickle cell retinopathy and the prospect of a national surveillance study. - Mr. Nikos Dervenis
15:55 – 16:00: LARGO Study - Mr. Francesco D'Alterio
16:00 – 16:10: Research Inclusion: An EMRI Perspective - Dr. Jenny Ubi
16:10 – 16:30: NIHR Trials - Tips for Getting Up and Running - Mr. James Illingworth
16:30 – 16:45: Meeting Close and Handover to Glasgow 2025 - Mr. Mark Costen & Mr. David Yorston

End of Tuesday 19th November 2024

BEAVRS are grateful to our industry colleagues who are supporting the 2024 Annual Meeting:

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