This Congress has been awarded 13 CME credits
Sunday 25 May 2025 - Programme
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Sunday 25 May
Note: This programme is subject to change
Room 1
Meridian
Room 2
Tycho/Kepler
Room 3
Stella
09:00 – 10:00
Free Paper Session 5
Room 1 - Meridian
Imaging/Corneal Graft
Moderators:
Bruce Allan, UK
Carina Koppen, Belgium
09:00 – 09:12
Diego Ponzin, Italy,
KEYNOTE Keratoplasty from the Eye Bank Perspective
09:12 – 09:17
Furkan Özdemir, Turkey
Association Between Baseline Corneal Densitometry and Future Progression Across Age Groups in Keratoconus
09:17 – 09:22
Eda Nur Gönültaş Özkan, Turkey
Corneal Epithelial Thickness Map Analysis of Unilateral Suspect Keratoconus with Optical Coherence Tomography
09:22 – 09:27
Lional Raj, India
Cortical Stimulation Therapy Using Gabor Patches Improves Vision And Contrast Sensitivity In Crosslinked Stable Keratoconus: Results Of RCT
09:27 – 09:32
Corantin Maurin, France
3D atlas of the different descemetic lesions of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy using laser scanning microscopy and interferometry
09:32 – 09:37
Rafael Whitfield, Portugal
Tomographic Criteria in Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy: Endothelial Keratoplasty or Cataract Surgery Alone?
09:37 – 09:42
Stefan Georgiev, Austria
Ray-traced corneal wavefront aberrations from long ranged SS-OCT-based data: optical zone repeatability.
09:42 – 09:47
Antonia Carmen Sangregorio, Italy
Topographic Astigmatism after Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: Orientation, Power, and Correlation with Preoperative Values
09:47 – 09:52
Andrea Taloni, Italy
Impact of Residual Stromal Thickness on the Outcomes of Manual Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty
09:52 – 09:57
Joanna Wasielica-Poslednik, Germany
Post-DMEK IOP Management: Insights from a Standardized Surgical Approach
09:57 – 10:02
Yusuf Samet Atlıhan, Turkey
Long term outcomes of keratoplasty: Evaluation of factors affecting glaucoma and graft survival
10:02 – 10:07
Gahan Reddy, India
Knowledge, attitude, and practices in relation to eye donation awareness among personnel in a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India.
10:12 – 10:15
Discussion
09:00 – 10:00
Instructional Course
Room 2 - Tycho/Kepler
DMEK Made Easy: Step By Step Descemet's Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty
Course Instructors
Ritika Mukhija, UK
Mayank Nanavaty UK
Each didcatic presentation will be followed by a 5 minute Q & A and discussion
09:00 – 09:15
Ritika Mukhija, UK
Patient and graft preparation.
This presentation will discuss patient selection for DMEK and various techniques and considerations for preparing the donor and recipient for transplant.
09:15 – 09:30
Hatch Mukherjee, UK
Graft Insertion & Handling.
This talk will focus on various graft insertion techniques and tips and tricks on how to unfold the graft.
09:30 – 09:45
Alfonso Vasquez Perez, UK
DMEK in challenging scenarios.
This talk will discuss about tips and tricks of performing DMEK in challenging scenarios such as in aphakia and eyes with anterior chamber IOLs.
09:45 – 10:00
Mayank Nanavaty, UK
Intra- and post-operative complications and management.
The speaker will talk about management in tricky situations and when things do not go as per plan.
09:00 – 10:00
Presented Poster Session 8
Room 3 - Stella
Surgical Treatment of OSD
Moderators:
Nuno Moura-Coelho, Portugal
Jesper Hjortdal, Denmark
09:00 – 09:07
Mayank Nanavaty, UK
Modified Transepithelial Phototherapeutic Keratectomy for Band Keratopathy
09:07 – 09:14
Francois Majo, Switzerland
Aniridia Associated Keratopathy and Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency: A New Surgical Procedure including KERATECTOMY AND SCET (Simple Conjunctival Epithelial Transplantation) Performed in two eyes with a long follow-up
09:14 – 09:21
Ozer Sakin, Turkey
Demonstration of Subclinical Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency in Donor Eyes for Limbal Tissue Transplantation with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography
09:21 – 09:28
Marc Bautista Cortiella, Spain
Clinical experience with therapeutic photokeratectomy for the management of corneal pathologies – a 5-years review
09:28 – 09:35
Bernardo Monteiro, Portugal
AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION IN OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE
09:35 – 09:42
Andrea Pastor Asensio, Spain
NOVEL SURGICAL TECHNIQUE OF AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFT FOR CORNEAL PERFORATION
09:42 – 09:49
Haoyu Wang, UK
Amniotic membrane transplant in corneal pathologies: 10-year case series from a teaching hospital in the UK
09:49 – 09:56
Çisil Erkan Pota, Turkey
Evaluation of Ocular Outcomes in Patients with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Results of Sutureless Amniotic Membrane Transplantation Using Suction Catheters
09:56 – 10:03
Carolin Elhardt, Germany
A neural network trained with the knowledge of corneal specialists to decide whether to perform surgery for pterygium.
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00
Symposium
Room 1 - Meridian
Corneal Healing: Understanding & Management Symposium
Moderators:
Nuno Moura Coehlo, Portugal,
Harminder Dua, UK
Anna Randag, The Netherlands
10:30 – 10:42
Jean-Louis Bourges, France
In Trauma
10:42 – 10:54
Friedrich Kruse, Germany
In Auto-Immune Disease
10:54 – 11:06
Julia Chan, Hong Kong
In Infections
11:06 -11:18
Luigi Fontana, Italy
In Herpectic Disease
11:18 – 11:30
Hong-Kyun Kim, Korea
In Corneal Dystrophy & Generations
11:30 – 11:42
Emilio Pedrotti, Italy
In Cornea Refractive Surgery
11:42 – 12:00
All Panel Discussion
10:30 – 11:15
Instructional Course
Room 2 - Tycho/Kepler
Recent Guidelines In the Management of Complications in DALK
Mohamed Kolieb, UK
Preoperative preparation
Amr Said, Egypt
Big bubble formation tips and tricks
Mohamed Bahgat, Egypt
Failed big bubble management
Mohamed Seif, UK
Perforation of DM management
Ahmed Ragab, UK
Post operative complications
10.30 – 11:30
Presented Poster Session 9
Keratoconus and Graft Case Reports
Room 3 - Stella
Moderators:
Ingemar Gustafsson, Sweden
Nicolas Alejandre, Spain
10:30
Maria Laura Passaro, Italy
Severe Sterile Keratolysis Following Porcine Corneal Inlay Implantation: A Cautionary Case Report
10:37
Kateřina Nouzovská, Czech Republic
Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segments (CAIRS) Using Femtosecond Laser
10:44
Andrea Pastor Asensio, Spain
Spontaneous Absorption of a Traumatic Cataract After a Non-Penetrating Ocular Trauma: A Rare Case
10:51
Salma El Masnaoui,Spain
The Journey of ICE Syndrome Over a Decade: From Initial Symptoms to Multisurgical Treatment
10:58
Laura De Luca, Italy
Simultaneous Implantation of Reper Artificial Iris Intraocular Lens and Penetrating Keratoplasty
11:05
Mayank Nanavaty, UK
Temporary tectonic posterior corneal lamellar graft without Descemet’s stripping for ab-interno sealing of large corneal perforation in severe dry eyes
11:12
Issac Levy, UK
EndoArt® in complex anterior segments – a case series
11:19
Matilde Buzzi, Italy
The Vision Impact Survey for Keratoconus (VISYKO) for measuring the quality of life in patients with keratoconus
11:26
Mayank Nanavaty, UK
Ten years’ experience of using proxymetacaine hydrochloride 0.5% for postoperative pain control in epithelial-off corneal crosslinking
Useful Links
EUCORNEA
European Society of Cornea
& Ocular Surface Disease Specialists