Chairman:

Zbigniew Zagórski, MD (Lublin)

Co-Chairman:

Friedrich Kruse, MD (Heidelberg)

Members:

Żarnowski T. ExecutiveVice-Chairman

Biziorek B.	Kudasiewicz-Kardaszewska A.
Celińska R.	Mackiewicz J.
Czop D.	Ostrowska-Kałan M.
Gosik A.	Polak M.
Haszcz D.	Rakowska E.
Jurkowska J.	Rejdak R.
Kawa P.	Rubaj T.
Kłos-Rola J.	Rymgayłło-Jankowska B.
Krukowski J.	Zubilewicz A

Tadeusz Krwawicz Foundation
(Fundacja im. Prof. Tadeusza Krwawicza)

Komitet Badań Naukowych (KBN)
Polish Research Committee

Bioton Ltd.

Browary Lubelskie

Ambra SA

Organizing committee:

Department of Ophthalmology, Chmielna 1, 20-079 Lublin, Poland

Tel/Fax: +48 81 5324827 E-mail: conf@panaceum.am.lublin.pl

Conference Venue:

Opening ceremony and session: The Porczynski Gallery, Warsaw, Plac Bankowy 1

All other scientific sessions: Polish Academy of Sciences Palace in Jabłonna, Warsaw

Housing:

Hotel Europejski **** single 80 USD double 100 USD*

Hotel Twins *** single/double 70 USD

Hotel Palace Jabłonna*** single 60 USD double 70 USD

*Special prices are available only from 1st till 3rd December. Regular price is 20% higher

Conference Secretariat:

Friday - 08.00 - 24.00

Saturday - 08.00 - 12.00

Sunday - 08.00 - 12.00

Registration:

Before Before On site

1^st September 15 November

Registration fee includes: attendance at all scientific sessions and technical exhibition, conference materials, coffee breaks, lunches, Opening Ceremony on Friday, Gala Dinner on Saturday, transportation from hotels to the conference site

Badges: Every participant will receive a badge showing his status. Nobody will be admitted to the scientific sessions and social programme without a badge.

Dress: casual; however, for the Opening Ceremony and Conference Dinner a jacket and a tie are requested. Warm coat and shoes are recommended.

Conference language: English

Exhibition – Conference Venue

Exhibition Schedule

Saturday 09.00-16.30

Sunday 09.00-13.00

Weather

The temperature in Warsaw in December is usually between -5°C and +5°C.

Rain and/or snow are possible.

 

 

 

 

18.30 Opening ceremony

19.00 Inaugural lecture

19.45 Chopin Piano recital

20.15 Reception

09.00 – 11.30 Scientific Programme (Session I)
11.30-12.00 Coffee break

12.00 – 13.30 Scientific Programme (Session II)

13.30 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 16.30 Scientific Programme (Session III)

20.00 – 24.00 Conference Dinner

09.00 – 12.50 Scientific Programme (Sessions IV-VIII)
11.00-11.30 Coffee break

12.55 - Closing remarks

13.00 - Lunch

18.30–22.00 Opening ceremony and reception, Porczynski Gallery

09.00-13.00 Guided tour to Warsaw Old Town.

20.00-24.00 – Conference diner, Jablonna Palace

13.00 Farewell lunch

Tour fee (300 USD) includes transportation to and within Cracow, guided tours to the Old Town, museums and tickets. It covers accommodation at Wit Stwosz Hotel ***, Cracow, 28 Mikołajska str. (tel.012-4296026).

We will assist the tour participants to get to the airport according to their travel schedules.

WELCOME

 

We cordially welcome all the participants and guests of the International Conference "The Application of the Amniotic Membrane in Ophthalmology", jointly organized by University Departments of Ophthalmology in Heidelberg (Germany) and in Lublin (Poland) as the Third Regional Meeting of the International Ocular Surface Society. This young society is quickly developing and we are pleased to contribute to its activities.

We greatly appreciate the participation of large number of experts from all over the world who devoted their time to share their knowledge and experience with the ophthalmologists of our area.

We are especially grateful to Prof. Scheffer Tseng, the IOSS President, who helped us to select keynote speakers and who agreed to deliver the inaugural lecture. He was assisting in finalizing the scientific program.

We believe that the conference will help to apply new knowledge and exchange the ideas by ophthalmologists and will stimulate development of new friendship and cooperation between all colleagues interested in ocular surface.

We wish all the participants fruitful scientific sessions and a pleasant stay in Poland.

 

(Lublin) (Heidelberg)

The scientific programme

 

Opening remarks (Zagórski, Kruse, Tseng, Kałużny)

Inaugural lecture
Tseng S.C.G. (USA)
Amniotic Membrane as a New Strategy for Tissue reconstruction and Engineering: An overview.

09.00
Sarnicola V., Conti L. (Italy)
Different surgical approaches in ocular surface diseases.

09.20
Duchesne B. (Belgium)
Fibrin glue and amniotic membrane for corneal perforation.

Discussion

09.50
Kruse F.E. (Germany)
Multilayer amniotic membrane transplantation for corneal surface reconstruction.

10.05
Filipec M., Dohnalova P. (Czech Republic)
Amniotic membrane transplantation in persistent corneal defects.

Discussion

10.20
Moreno-Lopez R., Cuevas-Pacheco G., Madrigal-Ortiz M., Cerda-Camacho F.-J. (Mexico)
Amniotic membrane stability test in three different preservation medias.

10.27
Fullwood N.J., Koizumi N., Bairaktaris G., Inatomi T., Kinoshita S., Quantock A. (U.K./Japan)
An ultrastructural evaluation of corneal epithelial cell culture on intact and denuded human amniotic membrane.

10.34
Stoiber J., Muss WH., Ruckhofer J., Grabner G. (Austria)
Changes in human corneas after amniotic membrane transplantation as revealed by correlative light and transmission electron microscopy.

Discussion

10.50
Tekawade S.K., Wagh S. (India)
Results of conjunctival limbal autografts for primary and recurrent pterygiums.

10.57
Angotti H., Paes J., Paes R.T.C.(Brasil)
Comparison of conjunctival autografts and amniotic membrane grafts for pterygium excision.

11.04 poster
Gierek-Ciaciura S. Mrukwa-Kominek E. (Poland)
Pterygium recidivans - removal and plastic procedure with the use of amniotic membrane; case history.

11.07
Georgiadis N., Ziakas N., Boboridis K. (Greece)
Amniotic membrane in the management of bullous keratopathy.

11.14
Mrukwa-Kominek E., Gierek-Ciaciura S., Rokita-Wala I., Szymkowiak M. (Poland)
Amniotic membrane transplantation for bullous keratopathy.

Discussion

12.00
Murube del Castillo J. (Spain)
Current treatment of dry eye syndrome.

Discussion

12.40
Geerling G. (Germany)
Natural Tear Substitutes for Severely Dry Eyes.

13.00 poster
Okoń A., Jurowski P., Goś R. (Poland)
Influence of the hormone replacement therapy on the amount and stability of the tear-film.

13.03 poster
Wylęgała E., (Poland)
Surgical management of corneal perforation in dry eye syndrome patients.

13.06 poster
Kardaszewska A., Rymgayłło-Jankowska B., Rakowska E., Zagórski Z., Durakiewicz D. (Poland)
Amniotic membrane transplantation for persistent corneal defects in keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS).

Discussion

14.30
Dua H.S. (U.K.)
Stem cells of the corneal surface: Scientific principles and clinical applications.

Discussion

15.10
Tsai R. J.-F. (Taiwan)
Ex vivo expansion of limbal stem cells for ocular surface reconstruction.

15.30
Meller D., Pires R., Steuhl K.-P., Tseng S.C.G (Germany,USA)
Ex vivo expansion of human limbal stem cells on amniotic membrane.

Discussion

16.00
Dua H.S. (U.K.)
Clinical evaluation of corneal epithelial stem cell failure.

16.15

Sarnicola V., Conti L. (Italy)
Keratoallolimbal transplantation: our experience.

Discussion

Chairpersons: Cernak A., Angotti H.

09.00
Figueiredo F.C. (U.K.)
Amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular burns.

09.30
Cernak A., Liskova P., Cernak M. (Slovakia)
Amniotic membrane after chemical injury.

09.37
Angotti H., Paes J., Paes R.T.C. (Brasil)
Amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction in patients with chemical burn.

Discussion

09.52
Dafgaard-Kopp E., Koranyi G., Matthis S.-P., Sahlin S. E. (Sweden)
Amniotic membrane transplantation in oculoplastic surgery.

10.12
Boboridis K., Ziakas N., Georgiadis N. (Greece)
Conjunctival fornices reconstruction with human amniotic membrane.

Discussion

10.26
Zagórski Z., Rakowska E, Żarnowski T, Kawa P (Poland)
Amniotic membrane application in glaucoma surgery 10 min

Discussion

10.40
Szaflik J., Liberek I., Rowiński M., Brix M. (Poland)
Usefulness of preserved human amniotic membrane in severe corneal diseases - own experience.

10.47 poster
Kalinnikov Y.Y., Semenova N.V., Ilicheva E.V., Pahomova A.L., Brzozowski E. (Russia)
Effect of amniotic membrane application on formation of fibroplasia after excimer laser keratectomy.

10.50 poster
Polzer I., Richter-Mueksch S., Simader C., Velikay-Parel M., Sider J., Wedrich A. (Austria)
Proliferative activity of rabbit amniotic membranes.

10.53 poster
Toczołowski J., Klonowski P., Pożarowska D., Woźniak F. (Poland)
Impression cytology study of the cornea and conjunctiva after amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction.

Discussion

09.00
Yakimienko S.A. (Ukraine)
The keratoprosthesis implantation in severe ocular surface diseases.

09.20
Legeais J.-M. (France)
Biocolonisable keratoprosthesis - 10 years of success and failure.

09.35
Liu C. (U.K.)
Medium term visual and retention results of modern osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP) surgery.

09.55
Hille K., Landau H., Ruprecht K.W. (Germany)
The osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis - resume of six years operative experience.

10.02 poster
Zagórski Z., Yakimienko S.A., Rakowska E., Haszcz D. (Poland)
Keratoprosthesis in cicatrical pemphigoid.

10.05 poster
Kamińska-Olechnowicz B., Leszczyński R., Piątek- Koronowska G. (Poland)
Ultrasound biomicroscopic evaluation of leucoma following keratoprosthesis implantation.

10.08 poster
Kalinnikov Y.Y., Moroz Z.I., Kovshun E.V., Borzenok C.A., Semenova N.V., Brzozowski E. (Russia)
Amnioplasty in a case of keratoprosthetics.

10.11
Pintucci S., Pintucci F. (Italy)
20 years experience with the Pintucci`s keratoprosthesis.

10.23
Pintucci S., Caiazza S., Pintucci F. (Italy)
Biointegration of the dacron felt colonisable Pintucci`s keratoprosthesis. In vitro and in vivo studies.

10.30
Nadal J., Barraquer J. (Spain)
A new lens for vitreous and retinal surgery in OKP patients (video).

Discussion

11.30
Wang M. (USA)
Immunosuppression for limbal cells graft. Rationale and protocol.

11.50
James S.E. (U.K.)
Donor tissue for cultured limbal stem cell transplantation.

Discussion

12.10
Koizumi N., Kinoshita S. (Japan)
Cultivated corneal epithelial stem cells transplantation in ocular surface disorders.

12.20
Marek J., Oficjalska-Młyńczak J. (Poland)
Safety and complications of limbal autograft and allograft transplantations - single centre experience.

12.27
Hille K., Makuch D., Wilske J., Ruprecht K.W. (Germany)
Corroboration of the limbus stem cell concept by a gene analytic procedure.

12.34
Wylęgała E. (Poland)
Limbal stem cells transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction.

Discussion

12.55 Closing remarks

11.30
Ziakas N., Boboridis K., Georgiadis N. (Greece)
Amniotic membrane in the management of anterior segment ocular diseases.

11.37
Novytskyj I., Sarakhman M., Smal T. (Ukraine)
Efficacy of amnion membrane transplantation for experimental models of corneal pathology accompanying with neovascularisation.

11.44 poster
Yakimienko S.A., Chalanova R.I. (Ukraine)
The first experiment in amnioplasty use in treatment of eye burns.

Discussion

11.50
Adler J., Farazdaghi M., Komarkova J., Vlkova E., Horackova M. (Czech Republic/USA)
Transplantation of human amnions – laboratory and clinical evaluation

11.57
Gierek-Łapińska A., Gierek-Ciaciura S., Rokita-Wala I., Mrukwa-Kominek E. (Poland)
Amniotic membrane transplantation as a treatment of post inflammatory corneal degenerations.

12.04 poster
Gierek- Łapińska A., Mrukwa-Kominek E., Rokita-Wala I., Gierek-Ciaciura S. (Poland)
Treatment of corneal ulceration with the use of amniotic membrane.

12.07
Pojda S.M., Herba E., Pojda-Wilczek D. (Poland)
Fresh amniotic membrane transplantation in our own experience.

12.14 poster
Krzywicki S., Kołsut G. (Poland)
The use of amniotic membrane in some diseases of the ocular surface in children.

Discussion

12.25
Veselovskaya Z.F., Veselovskaya N. (Ukraine)
Modified penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in the complicated cases of keratoconus and corneal diseases in Libya patients.

12.32 poster
Asoklis R., Juodkaite G., Mickys U. (Lithuania)
Lamellar cornea graft transplantation after limbal tumour excision.

12.35 poster
Gierek-Ciaciura S., Filipecka I. (Poland)
Familial Corneal Degeneration in 3 First-Degree Relatives -
– a Case Study

12.38
Siganos Ch.S.(Greece)
Intraoperative use of Mitomycin C in conjunctival neoplasia excision.

12.45 poster
Krzywicki S., Kołsut G. (Poland)
Treatment of corneal neovascularisation with antimetabolites.

Discussion

 

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