0800-0900
THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2025
0900-0915
Wecome & Introduction
0915-1000
Retinal detachment epidemiology
0915-0925
Overview
0925-0935
RD in pseudophakia and the elderly
0935-0945
Incidence of RD in Scotland
0945-0955
Incidence of RD in the Netherlands
0955-1000
Discussion
1000-1040
Floaterectomy
1000-1015
TOPIC TBC
1015-1030
Floaters: Are they mad?
1030-1040
Floaterectomy survey
1040-1110
COFFEE & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION
1110-1210
Debate - Diabetic retinopathy
1110-1130
All patients with PDR should have PPV: For
1130-1150
All patients with PDR should have PPV: Against
1150-1200
Summary & voting
1200-1240
BEAVRS AGM
1240-1340
LUNCH & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION
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International Guest Lecture
1340-1420
Vitreoretinal surgery over the next decade
1420-1545
Free Papers
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AUTHORS
1420-1425
Morphological characteristics of retinal reattachment following scleral buckling in fovea-involving rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
1426-1431
Vitrectomy with Air Tamponade for Retinal Detachment repair: 5 years experience
1432-1437
Clinical features and outcomes of progressive retinoschisis-associated retinal detachment: a large multicentre case control study
1438-1443
What effect does circumferential 360-laser have on the success rate of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments managed with oil tamponade?
1444-1449
Incidence of Retinal Displacement Following Vitrectomy with Gas Tamponade with Immediate on the table Adoption of One-Hour Face-Down Posturing (FDP) for Macula Off Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment (RRD)
1450-1455
Surgical Video Analysis in the Port Delivery Platform With Ranibizumab (PDS) Clinical Trials: Lessons Learned
1456-1501
Artificial Intelligence to support Vitreo-Retinal Surgery Training in the RCOphth 2024 Curriculum
1502-1507
The significance of baseline foveal ectopia in primary idiopathic epiretinal membrane
1508-1513
Novel Therapeutic Strategies To Restore Vision In Ocular Hypotony (STRETCH). Results from a prospective pilot series.
1514-1519
ILM Flaps Outperform Peeling in Macular Hole Surgery: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of Randomised Trials
1520-1525
Outcomes of Paediatric Retinal Detachment repair in a UK tertiary centre, 2010–2025.
1526-1531
Patient-reported outcomes after surgery for proliferative vitreoretinopathy: post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial
1532-1540
Late Breaking: Restoration of sight with the PRIMA retinal implant system for atrophic AMD
1541-1550
Questions and discussion
1550-1620
TEA & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION
1620-1705
BEAVRS Video Competition Case Contest Semi-Finals
1705-1715
Summary & close
19.00pm
A traditional Scottish 'night out'! PRE BOOKED DELEGATES ONLY
FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2025
0800-0830
REGISTRATION & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION
0830-0930
Challenging VR cases - what would you do next?
0830-0840
Disappearing Heavy liquid
0840-0850
Case 1
0850-0900
Case 2
0900-0910
Case 3
0910-0920
Case 4
0920-0930
Discussion
0930 - 1010
Lamellar macular hole
0930-0940
Results of surgery
0940-0950
Surgical technique
0950-1000
Discussion
1000-1020
COFFEE & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION
1020-1215
POSTER SESSION in the Industry exhibition
P1
PLiS Fix: AI Personalised Liverpool Scleral-Fixated IOL Calculator
P2
Carlevale sutureless scleral fixated (Soleko) IOL: Functional outcomes, haptic exposure rates and the use of anterior segment OCT to determine T-bar haptic depth
P3
Visual and Surgical Outcomes Following Oculentis IOL Explantation: Capsular Bag Preservation vs. Scleral Fixation
P4
Update on Ophthalmic Microsurgery Robot (OmSR) as a platform to educate and facilitate robotic surgery.
P5
A Scoping Review of the Use of Artificial Intelligence Models in Automated OCT Analysis and Prediction of Treatment Outcomes in Diabetic Macular Oedema
P6
Outcomes of tissue plasminogen activator & C3F8 gas for sub macular haemorrhage in 115 consecutive cases from a single centre - analysis of patients treated before and after 14 days post onset
P7
Carry On ... Injecting!_x000D_ Is There Such Thing as an Optimum Number of Intravitreal Injections?
P8
Visual Outcomes and Complications Following Phacoemulsification Surgery Performed in the Vitreoretinal Department of a Large Center: Moorfields Vitreoretinal Cataract Study
P9
Establishing an indirect indentation and indirect laser retinopexy simulation session
P10
Repeat intraocular sampling and microbiological testing in infectious endophthalmitis: A 27-year prospective observational study at an Australian statewide tertiary referral centre
P11
Ocular Dominance: Is it of any value to the Vitreoretinal Surgeon? A study of Epiretinal Membrane in the dominant eye vs non-dominant eye
P12
Measuring subjective quality of vision and metamorphopsia before and after epiretinal membrane and macular hole surgery: MQUEST
P13
What factors affect the change in vision after anatomically successful macular hole surgery?
P14
Air versus Gas Tamponade for Repair of Macular Holes: A Meta-analysis
P15
High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography in Pathology of the Vitreomacular Interface
P16
Eccentric Macular Holes as a Postoperative Complication of Macular Surgery in Black Africans
P17
Incidence Rates of Severe Vision Loss after Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Retinal Detachment and Full Thickness Macular Hole
P18
Outcomes of Scleral Buckling in Paediatric Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: The Manchester Buckle Study
P19
Analysing the frequency of hospital admissions for retinal detachment and vitreo-retinal surgery in England 2000-2024: the COVID-19 pandemic effect and recovery.
P20
Macular oedema in retinal detachment complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy: causal factors, prognosis and treatment
P21
Human Factors Influencing Compliance with Post-Operative Posturing After Retinal Detachment Surgery: A Tertiary Centre Observational Study
P22
Pneumatic retinopexy made easy: conclusions from a case series
P23
Epiretinal Membrane and Cystoid Macular Oedema After Vitrectomy for Giant Retinal Tear/Related Retinal Detachment: The Manchester GRT Study
P24
To Drain or Not to Drain? The Manchester Buckle Study
P25
Scleral Rupture during Cryo-retinopexy: A Case Series
P26
Two-Year Outcomes of Air compared to Sulphur Hexafluoride as a Tamponade in Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair: Experience from the West of Scotland
P27
Timing of Retinal Detachment after Open Globe Injuries
P28
Conflict-Zone Ophthalmology; A report of two vitreoretinal surgical missions to Gaza strip between May and August 2025
1215-1255
LUNCH & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION
1255-1355
Beyond Visual Acuity
1255-1310
VR-QoL and metamorphopsia in MH and ERM
1310-1325
Aniseikonia after RD
1325-1340
MEMO study
1340-1355
Minimising metamorphopsia after RD surgery
1355-1405
COMFORT BREAK - TEA/COFFEE IN AUDITORIUM
1405-1457
Innovations in VR surgery
1405-1413
Tembo robot
1414-1422
Early vitrectomy for endophthalmitis
1423-1431
Supra-choroidal ozurdex
1432-1440
Gene therapy updates
1441-1449
Gasless macular hole surgery
1450-1458
VIKING study
1458-1505