General Information

Congress Language: English

Cocktail:
     Nov. 10, 2010: from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
     Dinner cruise along the Chao Phraya River

On-Site Registration:
     Nov. 11, 2010: starting 8:30 a.m.
     Location: Phayathai  Room
     11 th  floor, His Majesty the King’s 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary Building,
     Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Venue:
     Phayathai  Room
     11 th  floor, His Majesty the King’s 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary Building,
     Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
     “Victory Monummet” BTS sky train station

Dinner:
     Nov. 11, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
     Location: Riverside restaurant

Registration Fee: Domestic / non-domestic
     Fee covers also: 2 lunches, 4 coffee breaks,
     Cocktail Reception, Dinner, Syllabus with Cases
     Prior to Aug 1, 2010:                     $US 150
     On-site:                                          $US 200

Registration:
     Please make a money transfer to an account named:
     “The Thai Retina Society”
     Siam Commercial Bank, Rajavithi Hospital branch, account number: 051-2617-898
     Please then fax the money transfer document to 66-2-718-0717

Accommodation:
     The official hotel for this meeting is “Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel”.
     Delegates may choose other hotels along the BTS sky train line.
     Here is a list of hotels located near sky train stations:
     http://www.hotelthailand.com/bangkok/bangkok_bts.html

Teaching Course Information
     For more information related to this course, please visit:
     thairetinasociety.org
     e-mail: thairetina.webmaster@gmail.com

Teaching Course Agenda
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

     7:00 -              COCKTAIL 
     10:00 p.m.     Dinner cruise along the Chao Phraya River

Thursday, November 11, 2010

     8:00 a.m.      ON-SITE REGISTRATION
     Phayathai  room
     11 th  floor, His Majesty the King’s 6th
     Cvcle Birthday    Anniversary Building
     Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

     9:00           WELCOME
                        P Ruamviboonsuk (President of Thai Retina Society)
                        I Kreissig (Germany)

                            1.  DIAGNOSTICS OF RETINAL
                                 DETACHMENTS
                                 Moderators: I Kreissig (Germany)
                                                       P Ruamviboonsuk (Thailand)
                             1.1. Preoperative evaluation and documentation of retinal detachment
                                     P Stanga (UK)         
                              1.2. Lattice degenerations and breaks in the fellow eye: What to do or not to do?
                                   S Mennel (Germany)  
                             1.3. The 4 Rules to find the primary break  
                                    I Kreissig (Germany)  
                             1.4. A rhegmatogenous detachment "without" a break:  What to do?
                                    T Boeker (Germany)  
                             1.5. Ambulatory binocular occlusion: Vitreous hemorrhage, ret. detachment
                                     S Mennel (Germany) 

                            2.  CERCLAGE WITH DRAINAGE
                            2.1. Rationale, indications, complications, results
                                    I Kreissig (Germany) 
     11:00 – 11:20      COFFEE / TEA  BREAK

     11:20 -          3.  MINIMAL SEGMENTAL
     12:45                  BUCKLING WITH BALLOON
                                Moderators: T Boeker (Germany) 
                                                       P Stanga (UK)
                           3.1. Surgical technique + video, indications, complications, results     I Kreissig (Germany)  

                            4.  MINIMAL SEGMENTAL
                                 BUCKLING WITH SPONGE(S)
                           4.1. Surgical technique + video, optimal tamponade of breaks     T Boeker (Germany)  
                           4.2. Differential diagnosis of residual fluid: What to do or not to do?   S Visaetsilpanonta (Thailand)
                           4.3. Complications, longterm anatomical and functional results     P Stanga  (UK) 

     12:45 – 1 p.m.       GROUP  PHOTO
     1 - 2:15  p.m.          LUNCH

     2:15 –          5.  The Diabetic Eye 
     4 p.m.                Moderators: H Heimann (UK)
                                S Mennel (Germany)
                         5.1. Diabetic retinopathy and its classification      M Ratanasukon (Thailand)  
                         5.2. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy:    What to do ?     P Stanga (UK)  
                         5.3. Diabetic macular edema: What to do ?     T Boeker (Germany) 
                         5.4. Differential diagnosis of retinal "elevations" in the diabetic eye       S Mennel (Germany)   
                         5.5 Vitrectomy in the diabetic eye: Rationale, indications, longterm results     H Heimann (UK)   

                        6.  QUIZ:  PRESENTATION OF
                              DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
                              Moderator: I Kreissig (Germany)
                              Organiser: S Mennel (Germany)
                              Panel: T Boeker, H Heimann, M Sirimaharaj, P Stanga
                              Case Presentations: A Ampornprut, S Visaetsilpanonta, Panelists, Participants

      4 – 4:20 p.m.   COFFEE / TEA  BREAK

      4:20 –         7.  DIAGNOSTICS FOR RETINAL
      6 p.m.         VASCULAR DISEASES
                           Moderators: S Mennel (Germany)
                          P Stanga (UK)
                          7.1. Fluorescein Angiography, Auto- fluorescence, OCT: Basics, indications, limits     P Stanga (UK)    
                          7.2. Multifocal electroretinogram: Basics, indications, limits   H Heimann (UK)      

                          8.  QUIZ:  PRESENTATION OF  RETINAL AND MACULAR CASES
                                Moderator and Organiser: Boeker (Germany)

      7 p.m.         DINNER 
                          Riverside restaurant

 Friday, November 12, 2010

      9 - 10:30   9.  INTRAOCULAR  GAS - OP
                         Moderators: S Mennel (Germany)
                                               P Stanga (UK)
                          9.1. Perfluorocarbon gases
                                  T Boeker (Germany)  
                          9.2. Pneumatic retinopexy for uncomplicated detachments
                                  H Heimann (UK)    

                          10.  PRIMARY VITRECTOMY
                           10.1. Indications, complications, results
                                     S Mennel (Germany)   

                          11.  SPECIAL LECTURE
                                  Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: An Asian perspective of wet AMD
                                  P Ruamviboonsuk (Thailand)    

      10:30 – 10:50      COFFEE / TEA BREAK

      10:50 -        12.  NEW STRATEGIES IN THE
      12:45                  MANAGEMENT OF INTRAOCULAR   TUMORS
                                  Moderators: I Kreissig (Germany)
                                                        P Stanga (UK)
                          12.1. Differential diagnosis and treatment modalities of intraocular tumors H Heimann (UK)            

                          13.  MINIMAL SEGM. BUCKL. FOR COMPLICATED DETACHMENTS
                          13.1. How to minimize risk of PVR      P Stanga (UK)  
                          13.2. PVR detachments C1 – C2. Try buckling first: Longterm anatomical and functional results
                                    I Kreissig (Germany)  
                          13.3. Definition of severe PVR    S Mennel (Germany)    
                          13.4. Reoperation: The 4 Rules to find the undetected break    I Kreissig (Germany)  

     12:45 -1:45 p.m.         LUNCH

     1:45    –       14. VITRECTOMY FOR VITREO-
     4 p.m.           RETINAL PROBLEMS
                           Moderators: N Rodanan (Thailand)
                          S Warrasak (Thailand)
                          14.1. 20-, 23- and 25-gauge vitrectomy: Indications, complications and long-term visual results
                                T Boeker (Germany)  
                          14.3. Perforating ocular injuries:  Management and results     H Heimann (UK)             
                        15.  AGE - RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (AMD)
                        15.1. Current state of the art: Diagnostics and treatment options T Boeker (Germany)  
                        16.  Quiz: Presentation of  AMD - Cases
                                 Moderator and Organiser: P Stanga (UK)
                         17.  COMPARISON OF PRESENT  TECHNIQUES FOR DETACHM.
                         17.1. Segmental buckling versus pneumatic retinopexy versus primary vitrectomy:
                                    Morbidity and economic implications T Boeker (Germany)
                         18.  QUIZ:  PRESENTATION  OF  PROBLEMATIC   DETACHMENTS
                                    Moderator: I Kreissig (Germany)
                                    Organiser: P Stanga (UK)
                         Panel: T Boeker, H Heimann, S Mennel, P Hanutsaha
                         Case Presentations: S Mennel,W Wongswat, Panelists, Participants

     3:45 p.m.   DISTRIBUTION OF DIPLOMAS
                         I Kreissig (Germany),
                        P Ruamviboonsuk (Thailand)