Advanced Professional Education Course

«Vitreoretinal Surgery» Practical Part: WetLab

The course aims to:

Enhance professional competencies;
Increase the level of specialized, high-technology medical care in the field of vitreoretinal interventions in the surgery of retinal and vitreous body pathologies;
Acquire additional knowledge, skills, and practical experience in studying modern medical technologies.

Course Organizer: Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution «M.M. Krasnov Research Institute of Eye Diseases» (FSBSI «M.M. Krasnov Research Institute of Eye Diseases»), Department of Ophthalmology

Venue: Moscow, Rossolimo Street, 11A,B Dates: May 13, 2024 – May 17, 2024.

Schedule

May 13
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17

Time	Title	Instructor
9:00-9:30	Gathering of Participants
9:30-10:00	Official Opening of the Course	Yu.N. Yusef, D.V. Petrachkov
10:00-11:30	Equipping the Operation Room for Vitreoretinal Surgery. Basic maneuvers in microinvasive vitreoretinal surgery	Korobov E.N., Petrachkov D.V.
11:30-13:00	Visualization Systems. Surgical Systems.	Korobov E.N., Petrachkov D.V.
13:00-13:45	Lunch
13:45-15:30	Basics of Vitreoretinal Equipment (operation principles, settings, modes). Preparation of the device, programming Constellation.	Alcon
15:30-16:15	Installation of ports, principles of operation and optimal choice of technologies 23Ga, 25Ga, and 27Ga.	E.N. Korobov, S.Sh. Balkar
16:15-17:00	Performing vitrectomy. Features of the technique in the central zone and periphery. Contrast. The impact of quality vitrectomy on the techniques in subsequent stages of vitreoretinal surgery.	A.G. Matyushchenko, K.N. Shabalina, L.Alharki

Time	Plan of Practical Sessions and Seminars	Instructor
9:00-11:30	Live broadcast from the operating room (epimacular fibrosis, full-thickness macular hole, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, silicone oil removal)	E.N. Korobov, D.M. Gubzhokova
11:30-13:00	Practice of skills for treating rhegmatogenous retinal detachment	E.N. Korobov, A.G. Matyushchenko
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Postoperative patient management and complications in vitreoretinal surgery	A.G. Matyushchenko, S.Sh. Balkar, Korobov E.N.
15:30-17:00	Practice of skills for treating rhegmatogenous retinal detachment	E.N. Korobov, V.M. Filippov

Time	Plan of Practical Sessions and Seminars	Instructor
9:00-11:30	Live broadcast from the operating room (proliferative diabetic retinopathy, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment)	D.V. Petrachkov, S.Sh. Balkar
11:30-13:00	Practice of skills in membrane peeling on artificial models and bionic eyes	K.V. Baryshev, D.M. Gubzhokova
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Tools and consumables for vitreoretinal surgery. Practical mastering.	Representative of Alcon
15:30-17:00	Practice of skills in membrane peeling on artificial models and bionic eyes	A.G. Matyushchenko, K.V. Baryshev

Time	Plan of Practical Sessions and Seminars	Instructor
09:00-11:00	Techniques for working with PFCL, introduction into the eye with BSS/air. Techniques for replacing air/silicone, fluid/silicone. Selection of optimal tactics, indications, warnings. Review of clinical cases	A.G. Matyushchenko, V.M. Filippov, L. Alharki
10:45-13:00	Technique for silicone oil extraction. Replacement with BSS/new silicone. Indications, strategy, possible complications. Review of clinical cases	A.G. Matyushchenko, L. Alharki
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-17:00	Performing all stages of surgery by each course participant under the supervision of a mentor: Installation of ports -> performing vitrectomy -> introduction of PFCL -> air replacement -> silicone introduction -> silicone oil extraction	E.N. Korobov, A.G. Matyushchenko, L. Alharki, S.Sh. Balkar, K.V. Baryshev, V.M. Filippov

Time	Plan of Practical Sessions and Seminars	Instructor
9:00-10:30	Tamponade agents: gas-air mixtures, silicone oil tamponade, perfluoroorganic compounds	D.V. Petrachkov
11:00-11:30	Closing of the cycle. Awarding of diplomas	Yu.N. Yusef
11:30-13:00	Macular pathology	D.V. Petrachkov, K.N. Shabalina
13:00-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:00	Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Clinical case review	D.V. Petrachkov, A.G. Matyushchenko
15:00-16:30	Proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Clinical cases of complications surgery.	D.V. Petrachkov, E.N. Korobov