| October 3rd, 2025 |
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Venue: Bioli Resort |
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18:00 |
Registration |
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| 09:30 |
10:30 |
Pediatric ophthalmology update |
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| Moderators: Mohamad El Sada, Sargsyan Inga |
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| 09:30 |
09:40 |
Mohamad El Sada |
Pediatric Ocular conditions difficult to manage. Why and how to proceed. |
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| 09:40 |
09:47 |
Kuzmin Nikita
Ustinova Nataliya, Pozdeyeva Nadezhda |
Disorders of Neurodevelopment and Somatic Health Characteristics in Blind and Visually Impaired Children. Diagnostic Challenges |
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| 09:47 |
09:54 |
Kourosh Shahyar |
Application of Finite Element Analysis in pediatric ocular trauma |
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| 09:54 |
10:01 |
Sargsyan Inga
Gabrielyan Aaron |
BCG-induced uveitis in a newborn (case report) |
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| 10:01 |
10:08 |
Latika Tandon
Siddharth Agrawal, Mariam Saad, Rajat Mohan Srivastava |
Macular Thickness and Vascular Density changes following treatment in unilateral amblyopia |
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| 10:08 |
10:15 |
Agagulian Sati
Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria, Makarova Evdokia |
Teleophthalmology in Action: Closing the Treatment Gap with Remote Care |
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| 10:30 |
11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 |
12:25 |
Pediatric Glaucoma |
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| Moderators: Hala El-Hilali, Artashes Zilfyan, Sushmita Kaushik, Nana Digmelashvili |
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| 11:05 |
11:15 |
Sushmita Kaushik |
Managing pediatric glaucoma: not little adults! |
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| 11:15 |
11:25 |
Nana Digmelashvili |
Tips for glaucoma diagnosis in children |
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| 11:25 |
11:35 |
Hala El-Hilali |
Circumferential angle surgery for congenital glaucoma |
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| 11:35 |
11:42 |
Artashes Zilfyan |
MIGS and MIMS glaucoma surgery in Juvenile Glaucoma |
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| 11:42 |
11:49 |
Sushmita Kaushik |
Choosing surgery for childhood glaucoma |
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| 11:49 |
11:56 |
Nana Digmelashvili |
Stem cell therapy for childhood optic nerve atrophy. |
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| 11:56 |
12:03 |
Tatsiana Imshenetskaya |
Secondary glaucoma following vitreo-retinal surgeries |
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| 12:03 |
12:10 |
Sushmita Kaushik |
MIGS in juvenile open angle glaucoma |
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| 12:25 |
12:55 |
Key Note Lecture |
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| Teimuraz Mikeladze - Diagnostic algorithms for periodic fever in children |
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| 12:55 |
13:30 |
Opening of the Meeting
President of GOS Khotenashvili Zaza, MD, Dr Sc, Prof
Minister of Health of Georgia Mikhail Sargveladze
President of AOS Aznauryan Igor, MD, Dr Sc, Prof
Vice-President of AAPOS Christie Morse, MD |
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| 13:30 |
14:15 |
Lunch Break |
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| 14:15 |
15:35 |
AAPOS session From Common to Complex: Modern Management of Childhood Eye Diseases |
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| Moderators: Lisa Vredevoogd |
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| 14:15 |
14:22 |
Jason Peragallo |
Pediatric Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension |
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| 14:22 |
14:29 |
Lisa Vredevoogd |
The Effects of Electronics on the Pediatric Eye |
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| 14:29 |
14:36 |
Mohney Brian |
Ocular Sequelae in a Population-Based Cohort of Children Diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus over a 50-Year Period |
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| 14:36 |
14:43 |
Lance Siegel |
Hiding in Plain Sight (Drusen/PHOMS, choroidal nodules in NF-1, physiologic ON cupping, dermoids, hemangiomas) |
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| 14:43 |
14:50 |
Himanshu Patel |
Excavated Optic Disc Anomalies |
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| 14:50 |
14:57 |
Dangda Sonal |
Pediatric Glaucoma in Association with Ocular and Systemic Syndromes |
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| 15:35 |
16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 16:00 |
17:10 |
Vision Therapy |
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| Moderators: Zoran Pejic, Rozanova Olga, Sameera Irfan |
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| 16:00 |
16:07 |
Sameera Irfan |
Amblyopia is Fully Treatable at Any Age |
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| 16:07 |
16:14 |
Zoran Pejic |
Orthoptics in management of strabismus |
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| 16:14 |
16:21 |
Rychkova Svetlana
Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria, Agagulian Sati |
Comparison of the effectiveness of using liquid crystal glasses "Srabo Glasses" and transcutaneous electrical stimulation to improve visual functions in children with partial optic nerve atrophy. |
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| 16:21 |
16:28 |
Sukhanova Natella |
Possibilities of using test images to detect achromatopsia |
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| 16:28 |
16:35 |
Savunova Tatiana
Imshenetskaya Tatsiana |
Visual rehabilitation of preschool children with various ophthalmopathologies |
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| 16:35 |
16:42 |
Galbinur Aysel
Abdullayeva M. Gulnur |
Evaluation of the effects of combined treatment of vision therapy and patching for the management of hyperopic anisometropic amblyopia in adolescents |
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| 16:42 |
16:49 |
Rozanova Olga |
Unconventional approach to binocular interaction assessing. |
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| 17:10 |
17:45 |
Key Note Lecture |
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| Merab Dvali - 25 Years of Pediatric LASIK |
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| Date |
October 4th, 2025 |
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Parallel Session 1: Venue: The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi, The Ballroom |
Parallel Session 2: Venue: The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi, Round Hall |
| 09:00 |
18:00 |
Registration |
Registration |
| 10:00 |
11:10 |
Advanced Surgical Techniques in Childhood Strabismus and Nystagmus |
Childhood Refractive Errors: Interactions of Anatomy, Environment, and Visual Function |
| Moderators: Donny Suh, Balasanyan Victoria, Zhukova Olga |
Moderators: Zoran Pejic, Jason Yam |
| 10:00 |
10:07 |
Popova Natalia |
Multifaced Brown’s Syndrome |
Olevskaia Elena
Kukoleva Lyudmila, Ryabova Liliya, Guseva Alyona, Tonkikh Nataliya |
Exploring the Interaction of Intraocular Pressure, Choroidal Thickness and Accommodation in Children with Progressive Myopia |
| 10:07 |
10:14 |
Ahmed Awadein |
Management of isolated inferior rectus palsy |
Rezbaeva Gulnara
Dudurich Vasilisa, Orenburkina Olga, Babushkin Alexander, Sogomonyan Karina, Danilova Alexandra, Danilov Lavrentii |
The structure of the microbiota of the ocular surface in children with and without myopia |
| 10:14 |
10:21 |
Donny Suh |
Think Small, See Big: The Power of Mini-Incision Strabismus Surgery |
Leutkina Yuliya |
To walk or not to walk. Prevention of myopia in schoolchildren in the conditions of the city of Eastern Siberia with the developed aluminum industry |
| 10:21 |
10:28 |
Zhukova Olga |
Modified duplication of the oculomotor muscles: features and advantages |
Urgyumova Tatyana |
Keratometry and Biometry Data in Refractogenesis Assessment in Children |
| 10:28 |
10:35 |
Uzuev Magomed
Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria |
The new method for calculating surgical treatment of nystagmus using the StraboSoft system |
Shestak Nataliya
Aznauryan Igor, Rychkova Svetlana, Agagulian Sati, Balasanyan Victoria, Glebova Elena, Laver Alexander, Kurysheva Nataliya |
The results of visual function analysis in children with a history of brain tumors |
| 10:35 |
10:42 |
Tariek Mohammed Aldoais |
Superior rectus transformation in management of Duane retraction syndrome |
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| 10:42 |
10:49 |
Mahmoud Fayed |
Reoperative Strabismus: How Forced Duction and Intraoperative Exploration Shape Surgical Strategy(case report) |
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| 10:49 |
10:56 |
Ahmed Wagdy |
Acute strabismus - activate the alarm |
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| 11:10 |
11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:30 |
13:00 |
AAPOS session Modern Trends in Strabismus Surgery: Precision, Outcomes, and Innovations |
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| Moderators: Christie Morse, Lance Siegel |
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| 11:25 |
11:32 |
Miguel Paciuc-Beja |
First Surgery after 20 or more years of Longstanding Strabismus – Ophthalmologist and Patient Perspectives and Goals |
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| 11:32 |
11:39 |
Jonathan Holmes |
Update on Childhood Intermittent Exotropia |
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| 11:39 |
11:46 |
Orwa Nasser |
Management approach to Congenital Nystagmus syndrome |
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| 11:46 |
11:53 |
Luis Javier Cardenas Lamas |
Dynamic Surgery for Restrictive Strabismus |
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| 11:53 |
12:00 |
Anne Langguth |
More than Just Cosmesis: The Psychosocial Impact of Strabismus |
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| 12:00 |
12:07 |
Birsen Gokyigit |
Surgical Treatment of Complete CN3rd. Palsy and Long-Term Results of 58 Cases |
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| 12:07 |
12:14 |
Chatzistefanou Klio |
Surgical Management of Diplopia in Dysthyroid Ophthalmopathy |
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| 12:14 |
12:21 |
Orwa Nasser |
Surgical options for Congenital Nystagmus syndrome |
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| 13:00 |
13:30 |
Key Note Lecture |
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| Aznauryan Igor - A Stepwise Algorithm for Managing Concomitant Esotropia |
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| 13:30 |
13:50 |
Lunch Break |
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| 13:50 |
15:20 |
IPOSC session LAZY "I" Amblyopia Around the Globe |
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| Moderators: Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe, Jonathan Holmes |
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| 13:50 |
13:57 |
Sati Agagulyan |
Amblyopia Treatment Efficacy in Children: The Advantage of Early Refractive Management |
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| 13:57 |
14:04 |
Jonathan Holmes |
Glasses and Patching for Amblyopia |
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| 14:04 |
14:11 |
Alejandro Armesto |
The Role of Near vision in assessment of amblyopia |
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| 14:11 |
14:18 |
Paris Vincent |
Management of strabismic functional amblyopia : focus on the use of fixation |
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| 14:18 |
14:25 |
Kaushik Murali |
The role of technology in screening for amblyopia |
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| 14:25 |
14:32 |
Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe |
New Treatments for Amblyopia |
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| 14:32 |
14:39 |
Chen Zhao |
Augmented reality training based on localized neural deficits in adults with monocular amblyopia |
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| 14:39 |
14:46 |
Eedy Mezer |
The trends and causes of Amblyopia in Israel over a century |
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| 15:20 |
15:40 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15:40 |
16:10 |
Key Note Lecture |
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| Kenneth Wright - Advancements and Innovations in the Treatment of Strabismus |
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| The Ballroom |
Round Hall |
| 16:10 |
17:30 |
Strabismus & Eye Movement Disorders |
Current Trends in Pediatric Ophthalmology Practice |
| Moderators: Heba Metwally, Galton Vasconcelos, Popova Natalia |
Moderators: Sonal Farzavandi, Sati Agagulian |
| 16:10 |
16:17 |
Galton Vasconcelos |
Challenges in the treatment of the sagging eye syndrome? |
Csilla Serfozo |
Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy |
| 16:17 |
16:24 |
Heba Metwally |
Rectus bulley instability |
Damla Culha |
Complications after Soft contact lenses |
| 16:24 |
16:31 |
Korolenko Anna |
Strabismus Management: What to do, When, Where and How |
Mohamed Salem |
Snow to Sand Syndrome: Protecting Pediatric Vision Across Extreme Biomes |
| 16:31 |
16:38 |
Kuznetsov Evgenii
Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria |
Video-Oculography vs. Standard Diagnostic Methods in Binocular Vision Assessment: A Comparative Study |
Sultanbayeva Zhansaya
Bahytbek Raushan |
Microbial Spectrum and Resistance Trends in Infants with Congenital Obstruction of the Nasolacrimal Duct: A Retrospective Study |
| 16:38 |
16:45 |
Puzyrevskiy Konstantin |
Description of the oculomotor and sensory systems in the diagnosis of strabismus |
Kenesov N.M.
Botabekova T.K., Begimbaeva G.E., Keykina L.K., Madekhanova D.E. |
Assessment of the Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Laser Vision Correction in Children with Hyperopia, Astigmatism, and Strabismus: Perspectives and Risks |
| 16:45 |
16:52 |
Rozanova Olga |
Epidemic of diplopia in adults. |
Nikitina Anna |
Five Key Communication Barriers in Pediatric Strabismus: A Qualitative Study of Parental Perspectives |
| 16:52 |
16:59 |
Egorova Alla |
Accommodative and Vergence Disorders: Their Role in the Practice of an Ophthalmologist |
Charlene Yim |
Association of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Metrics With Detection of Impaired Macular Microvasculature and Amblyopic Eyes: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study |
| 16:59 |
17:06 |
Husain Yusuf AlHarmi |
Esotropia and Thyroid eye disease. |
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| 17:06 |
17:13 |
Ushnikova Olga
Casanave Daniel, Ushnikov Alexander |
Surgical removal of congenital ptosis by plasty of the frontal muscle in children with minimal or no function of the upper eyelid lifting muscle ("Frontal Flap" method) |
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| Date |
October 5th, 2025 |
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Venue: The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi, The Ballroom |
Venue: The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi, Round Hall |
| 09:00 |
17:00 |
Registration |
Registration |
| 10:00 |
11:20 |
Retina |
Anterior Segment |
| Moderators: Hussain Ahmad Khaqan, Chan Choi Mun, Shalva Skhirtladze, Saadia Zohra Farooqui |
Moderators: Donny Suh, Markova Elena, Tarek Katamish |
| 10:00 |
10:07 |
Chan Choi Mun |
Retinal dystrophy. Treatment and néw advances. |
Markova Elena |
Long-Term Efficacy of Corneal Cross-Linking in Children with Keratoconus: 9-Year Results |
| 10:07 |
10:14 |
Shalva Skhirtladze
Giorgi Mekvabishvili |
Giant Optic Disc Drusen: Clinical Manifestation and Follow up in Patient with Progressive Myopia |
Nada Alyusuf |
Pediatric keratoconus |
| 10:14 |
10:21 |
Volha Yarmak
Tatsiana Imshenetskaya, Vladimir Markevich, Abusaffaka Saleh, Maria Kozlovskaya |
Surgical Treatment of Retinal Detachment in Young Patients |
Mordyukov Evgeniy
Aznauryan Igor, Balasanyan Victoria |
Changing the Paradigm: Laser Vision Correction as Early Intervention for Accommodative Strabismus |
| 10:21 |
10:28 |
Hussain Ahmad Khaqan |
Paediatric GRT - Manage wisely |
Moemen Alreefy |
Comprehensive presentation on surgical solutions for high hyperopia with emphases on piggyback technique |
| 10:28 |
10:35 |
Saadia Zohra Farooqui |
Decoding genetic eye disease: Leber Congenital Amaurosis |
Tarek Katamish |
DMEK for Pediatric Age Group |
| 10:35 |
10:42 |
Shvailikova Inna |
The clinical case of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa in childhood |
Koko A.
Keikina L.K. |
Effectiveness of corneal ulcer treatment in measles-associated infection |
| 10:42 |
10:49 |
Bryantseva Ekaterina |
Analysis of Electroretinography and Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Various Retinal Diseases |
Keikina L.K.
Kebirov R.A. |
Clinical сase of Vivity intraocular lens implantation in bilateral congenital cataract |
| 10:49 |
10:56 |
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Yevgeniy Batkov |
Optic Component Exchange of a Pediatric Modular Intraocular Lens: Initial Experience |
| 10:56 |
11:03 |
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Mohammed Basuliman |
From most difficult to easiest step in pediatric cataract surgery |
| 11:03 |
11:10 |
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Egiyan Naira |
Peculiarities of Surgical Management and Intraocular Correction of Congenital Cataract in Pediatric Patients |
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| 11:20 |
11:40 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:40 |
12:10 |
Key Note Lecture |
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| Faruk Orge - KTEF AAO Virtual Reality Platform ROP Module |
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| 12:10 |
13:50 |
ISA session Complications in Strabismus Surgery |
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| Moderators: Andrea Molinari |
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| 12:10 |
12:20 |
Andrea Molinari |
Lost/Slipped muscle |
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| 12:20 |
12:30 |
Rosario Gomez de Liano |
Overcorrections in Strabismus Surgery |
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| 12:30 |
12:40 |
Nikos Kozeis |
Undercorrections in Strabismus Surgery |
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| 12:40 |
12:50 |
Giovanni Batista Marcon |
Anterior Segment Ischemia |
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| 12:50 |
13:00 |
Christie Morse |
Complications Following Strabismus Surgery: An IRIS Registry Study |
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| 13:00 |
13:10 |
Sara Flodin |
Diplopia after Strabismus Surgery |
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| 13:10 |
13:20 |
Seyhan Özkan |
Eyelid alterations related to strabismus surgery |
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| 13:20 |
13:30 |
Balasanyan Victoria |
Surgical treatment of partial accommodative strabismus: problems and prognosis |
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| 13:50 |
14:30 |
Lunch Break |
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| 14:30 |
15:50 |
APSPOS session Surgical Surprises |
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| Moderators: Sonal Farzavandi |
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| 14:30 |
14:39 |
Sonal Farzavandi |
How did this happen? |
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| 14:39 |
14:48 |
Miho Sato |
Permanent vision loss after strabismus surgery |
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| 14:48 |
14:57 |
Siddharth Agrawal |
Surgical Surprises |
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| 14:57 |
15:06 |
Balasanyan Victoria |
Diplopia following vertical strabismus surgery - Surprise for Surgeon |
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| 15:06 |
15:15 |
Chen Zhao |
A lesson learned from a surprise during nasal transportation of lateral rectus. |
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| 15:15 |
15:24 |
Amila de Alwis |
A surprising indication to perform Strab Surgery |
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| 15:50 |
16:10 |
Coffee Break |
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| 16:10 |
16:40 |
Key Note Lecture |
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| Jason Yam - An update on interventions for myopia control |
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| The Ballroom |
Round Hall |
| 16:40 |
17:50 |
Pediatric Ophthalmooncology |
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) |
| Moderators: Saakyan Svetlana, Amiryan Anush, Hussain Ahmad Khaqan |
Moderators: Faruk Orge, Irakliy Abuladze |
| 16:40 |
16:55 |
Saakyan Svetlana |
Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies for Retinoblastoma: Current Approaches and Future Directions |
Astasheva Irina
Tumasyan Alexander, Kuznetsova Yuliya |
Differential Diagnosis of Severe Forms of Retinopathy of Prematurity |
| 16:55 |
17:02 |
Amiryan Anush |
Сlinical features and imaging presentation of orbital dermoid cysts |
Aleksandrova Svetlana |
Comparative analysis of refraction in children with retinopathy of prematurity treated with anti-VEGF therapy or laser coagulation |
| 17:02 |
17:09 |
Malinouskaya Inna
Koen van Overdam, Imshanetskaya Tatyana |
Management of retinal capillary hemangioblastoma |
Sharipova Assel |
"I See the World", a unique program for preventing an epidemic of blindness caused by retinopathy of prematurity in Kazakhstan |
| 17:09 |
17:16 |
Hussain Ahmad Khaqan |
Novel techniques for for retinoblastoma (10 years outcomes) объединенная лекция |
Sutbayeva Aidana
Sharipova A. U., Ayaganov D. N. |
Prognostic Role of Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Aggressive Retinopathy of Prematurity with Intraventricular Hemorrhage |
| 17:16 |
17:23 |
Alua Aubakirova
KaNeilya Aldasheva, Ali Issayev, Akmaral Abikulova |
The level of awareness about retinoblastoma among physicians of various specialties |
Smagulova S. A.
Sharipova A. U. |
Combined Surgical Treatment for Severe Forms of Retinopathy of Prematurity: Approaches, Efficacy, and Clinical Outcomes |
| 17:23 |
17:30 |
Hussain Ahmad Khaqan |
COAT'S Disease - How to treat |
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| 17:30 |
17:37 |
Ushnikova Olga
Ushnikov Alexander |
Differential diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma with lacrimal sac phlegmon and eyelid neoplasm. |
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| 17:50 |
18:10 |
Closing Ceremony, The Ballroom |
