Number of Candidates: | 40 candidates |
Aim of Course: | To discuss different surgical techniques and challenges in surgical management of advanced PDR |
Course Directors: | Ahmed Magdy Bedda, Wael Soliman |
Instructors: | Ahmed Abdel Baki, Mahmoud Khalil, Samir El Baha |
Course 19

Course Details:
16:00 – 16:04 |
Course overview and self-Assessment Questions |
16:04 – 16:09 |
Indications for diabetic vitrectomyAhmed Abdel Baki |
16:09 – 16:14 |
Instruments of diabetic vitrectomyAhmed Abdel Baki |
16:14 – 16:19 |
Different scissors and its advantagesSamir El Baha |
16:19 – 16:24 |
Preoperative systemic, ocular considerations and preoperative antiVEGFMahmoud Khalil |
16:24 – 16:39 |
En bloc dissection, peeling, delamination, visco dissection & segmentationsSamir El Baha, Wael Soliman, Mahmoud Khalil (5 minutes each ) |
16:39 – 16:57 |
Unimanual, Bimanual, and Trimanual techniquesSamir El Baha (8 minutes) |
16:57 – 17:02 |
In/Out technique for adherent posterior vitreous in diabetic vitrectomyWael Soliman |
17:02 – 17:07 |
Combined tractional & rhegmatogenous RDSamir El Baha |
17:07 – 17:12 |
PRP settings in diabetic vitrectomyAhmed Abdel Baki |
17:12 – 17:17 |
ILM peeling in diabetic vitrectomyAhmed Abdel Baki |
17:17 – 17:22 |
Triamcinolone use during diabetic vitrectomyMahmoud Khalil |
17:22 – 17:37 |
Diabetic vitrectomy without tamponadesAhmed Magdy Bedda |
17:37 – 17:45 |
Vitrectomy for tractional and non-tractional diabetic macular edemaWael Soliman |
17:45 – 17:50 |
Management of recurrent vitreous cavity hemorrhage post diabetic vitrectomyMahmoud Khalil |
17:50 – 18:00 |
Panel discussion & participants Q&A |