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DESCRIPTION:We have the pleasure to announce the first edition of FLOREtina
  from 10 to 13 December 2015\, in the city of Florence.\nThe Programme Com
 mittee is composed of specialists from different parts of the world now sp
 reading the invitation among one’s National Association thus assuring an i
 nternational target to the conference.\nWe are doing our best to make FLOR
 Etina a future  biannual reference for updates and education in our field.
   The purpose of FLORetina 2015 is to present and discuss the “gold standa
 rd” in diagnostic and both medical and surgical management of retinal cond
 itions\, promote improvement and change in practice\, performance and comp
 etence.\nMain Topics\nDiabetic macular edema:\n\nPrevention of diabetic re
 tinopathy is now well known as a necessary condition but it will not chang
 e the increasing burden of visual impairment from macular edema\nAnti-VEGF
  and sustained release corticosteroids: correct strategies for best result
 s.\nCombined therapies and systemic drugs with new comers will help us.\nM
 inimally invasive surgery can be an option? \n\nRVO\n\nManagement of macul
 ar edema\n\nMacular surgery\n\nNew minimally invasive techniques\, associa
 tion with drugs and new diagnostic tools are refining our surgery. The exp
 ert panel will debate personal experience and standard of treatment in mac
 ular surgical diseases. \n\nMyopic maculopathy\n\nMyopia will be a major p
 roblem for health care systems in the future as the prevalence is increasi
 ng worldwide. Macular neovascular and atrophic changes as well as traction
  maculopathy with foveoschisis are partially treatable thanks to new drugs
  and surgery.\nAnti-VEGF as soon as possible for how long?\nPosterior inde
 ntation or vitrectomy or combined for Myopic foveoschisis\n\nThe posterior
  segment in cataract surgery:\nContinuous changes in AS surgery raise seve
 ral important issues:\n\nNew femtolaser technology and premium IOLs can be
  adapted to combined surgery for macular cases\nPrevention of macular edem
 a in diabetic and uveitis patients has now effective chance of success wit
 h short and long acting drugs.\nTreatment of intraoperative and postoperat
 ive complications: timing and strategies\n\nVitreomacular traction and mac
 ular hole\nRetinal detachment\nMiscellaneous:\n\nMultiple observations hav
 e underlined the role of episcleral surgery in phakic patients: is it stil
 l true in the era of 27G?\nPVR staining is now a routine procedure in comp
 lex cases and ROSO. Endotamponades are essential tools\, and new heavy liq
 uids are facing the market.\nPostoperative complications can be prevented 
 (correct timing\, appropriate technique) or treated: intraocular pressure 
 elevation\, low vision improvement\, re-detachment rate)\n\nSeveral issues
  are debated\n\nPediatric ophthalmology: anti-VEGF and vitreolysis\nUveiti
 s: new drugs\nVitreous floaters: laser\, surgery or none\n\nDry AMD\nA deb
 ate is ongoing on the role of antioxidants and compounding evidence show t
 he significance of genetic testing.\n\nSupplements\nFIlters and IOLs\nDiag
 nosing-prognosing\n\nWet AMD\n\nTrials and drugs face to face. Dosing regi
 men\, HTA evaluations\nIntravitreal injection technique: preventing compli
 cations\nChoosing and switching therapies\nA correct diagnosis is still im
 portant? Do we choose always the correct therapy?\nNew drugs\n\nRetinal pr
 ostesis\, stem cells and genetic therapy\nRETINA: Innovations/research/new
  tech\n\nDevelopments in retinal laser- lights - cutters\nOcular changes d
 uring surgery: perfusion\, temperature\nDelivery systems\n\nIMAGING\n\nWha
 t can we see with adaptive optics\nIntraoperative OCT (useful toll or new 
 fashion?)\nNew OCTs and choroidal images\nNew wave lengths to explore reti
 nal layers\n\nRETINAWS\nLive Surgery\nThe programme will include  surgery 
 sessions slots from operating theatre of University Hospital of Florence.\
 nWe are looking forward to welcoming you in Florence\, in a city and a cou
 ntry well known for its hospitable atmosphere\nContact Name: AIM Group Int
 ernationalPhone: +39 055 2338830Fax: +39 055 3906908Email: info@floretina.
 itWebsite URL: www.floretina.it
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LOCATION:Palazzo dei Congressi Florence\, Italy 
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SUMMARY:FLOREtina 2015
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