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UKPGS 2021 Virtual Programme

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General Timings: Start - 10:30 GMT,  End - 16:30 GMT

10:30 - 10:38 - Welcome

10:38 - 11:23 - Session 1 

11:23 - 12:23 - Session 2

12:23 - 12:40 - BREAK

12:40 - 13:25 - Session 3

13:25 - 14:25 - Session 4

14:25 - 14:40 - BREAK

14:40 - 15:25 - Session 5

15:25 - 16:25 - Session 6

16:25 - 16:35 - Closing remarks

16:30 - 16:45 - BREAK

16:45 - 17:15 - Annual General Meeting

(V) - Video Presentation

 

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Delegates will be sent a link to the meeting app resource about a week before the meeting so that you preview the abstracts, see who is presenting and who is attending.
Approved CPD 6 points (RCOpth)

10:30 - 10:38 President’s welcome

Prof Sir Peng T Khaw, London, UK

 

Session 1

Chairs: Prof Franz Grehn, Würzburg, Germany & Mr Patrick Watts, Cardiff, UK

 

10:38 - 10:44

1CYP1B1 variants differ in neonatal-onset versus infantile-onset primary congenital glaucoma in a North Indian population

Prof Sushmita Kaushik, Chandigarh, India

10:44 - 10:50

2Corneal manifestations and glaucoma onset with FOXC1 and PITX2 variants in Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome

Dr Jonathan Ruddle, Melbourne, Australia

10:50 - 10:56

3Retinal detachment in a child with a glaucoma drainage device: Use the implant! (V)

Prof Sushmita Kaushik, Chandigarh, India

10:56 - 11:02

4The PAUL Glaucoma Implant: Early results in a paediatric cohort

Mr Kenneth Yau, Manchester, UK

11.02 - 11:08

5Long-term outcomes of Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation in eyes with paediatric keratoplasty (V)

Dr Sirisha Senthil, Hyderabad, India

11:08 - 11.23

Session 1 Chair moderated Panel Discussion

Panelists: Prof Sushmita Kaushik, Dr Jonathan Ruddle, Dr Sirisha Senthil, Mr Kenneth Yau

 

Session 2

Chairs: Prof Sushmita Kaushik, Chandigarh, India & Mr Velota Sung, Birmingham, UK

11:23 - 11:29

6Feasibility, reliability and optimisation of hand-held optical coherence tomography for 3-dimensional analysis of the circumpapillary retinal nerve fibre layer in young children with glaucoma

Miss Sonal Shah, Leicester, UK

 

11:29 - 11:35

7Clinical significance of structural changes in the peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer and optic nerve head in childhood glaucoma imaged using hand-held optical coherence tomography

Mr Joe Abbott, Birmingham, UK

11:35 - 11:41

8Use of cross-linked hyaluronic acid (Healaflow) to reverse chronic hypotony after angle operation

Dr Georgios Agorogiannis, Birmingham, UK

 

11:41 - 11:47

9Never lose hope! Struggle is part of the story (V)

Dr Sirisha Senthil, Hyderabad, India

 

11.47 - 11:53

10Surgical outcomes of the Aurolab aqueous drainage implant (AADI) versus the Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) for refractory paediatric glaucoma

Dr Abdullah M Khan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

11:53 - 12:08

Session 2 Chair moderated Panel Discussion

Panelists: Mr Joe Abbott, Dr Georgios Agorogiannis, Dr Abdullah M Khan, Dr Sirisha Senthil, Miss Sonal Shah

 

12:08 - 12:23

Pearls of Wisdom - New bleb forming surgeries. New indications in complex cases?

Presentation and Q&A

Prof Julian Garcia-Feijoo, Madrid, Spain

 

 

12:23 - 12:40 BREAK

 

 

Session 3

Chairs: Dr Raymond G Areaux Jr., Minneapolis, USA & Ms Alessandra Martins, London, UK

 

12:40 - 12:46

11Agreement between rebound (Icare ic200) and applanation tonometry (Perkins) in patients with primary congenital glaucoma

Dr Pilar Pérez-García, Madrid, Spain

 

12:46 - 12:52

12 - Glaucoma in primary congenital aphakia

Dr Swathi Vallabh Badakere, Hyderabad, India

 

12:52 - 12:58

13Baerveldt tube insertion in LTBP2 mutation related glaucoma: A case series

Dr Margarita Papadopoulou, Athens, Greece

 

12:58 - 13:04

14 - Glaucoma management in a child with keratoglobus

Dr Sirisha Senthil, Hyderabad, India

13:04 - 13:10

15Outcomes of goniotomy in childhood glaucomas in the Indian population

Dr Swathi Vallabh Badakere, Hyderabad, India

 

13:10 - 13:25

Session 3 Chair moderated Panel Discussion

Panelists: Dr Swathi Vallabh Badakere, Dr Margarita Papadopoulou, Dr Pilar Pérez-García, Dr Sirisha Senthil 

 

Session 4

Chairs: Ms Cecelia Fernerty, Manchester, UK & Dr Peter Ta Chen Chang, Miami, USA

 

13:25 - 13:31

16 - Microbial keratitis after cyclophotocoagulation in childhood glaucoma

Dr Gorka Sesma, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

13:31 - 13:37

17 - Clinical profile and outcome of early surgery in neonatal-onset glaucoma presenting over a five-year period

Prof Sushmita Kaushik, Chandigarh, India

 

13:37 -13:43

18PRESERFLO augmented Baerveldt implantation – A new technique for managing a case of only eye end-stage paediatric secondary angle closure glaucoma in FEVR (V)

Ms Brigid Ning, London, UK

 

13:43 - 13:49

19Sturge-Weber glaucoma – A tale of three cities

Dr Teresa C Chen, Boston, USA

 

13:49 - 13:55

20National registry for childhood glaucoma in Germany: Feasibility study, clinical care and research (pilot study)

Dr Esther M Hoffmann, Mainz, Germany

 

13:55 - 14:10

Session 4 Chair moderated Panel Discussion

Panelists: Dr Teresa C Chen, Dr Esther M Hoffmann, Prof Sushmita Kaushik, Ms Brigid Ning, Dr Gorka Sesma

 

14:10 - 14:25

Pearls of Wisdom - Fool me once or twice - Lessons learned the hard way

Presentation and Q&A

Prof Sharon Freedman, Durham, USA

 

 

14:25 -14:40 BREAK

Session 5

Chairs: Dr Teresa Chen, Boston, USA & Dr Alana Grajewski, Miami, USA

 

14:40 -14:46

21The effect of photographic light exposure on cup to disc ratio grading

Dr Matthew J McSoley, Miami, USA

 

14:46 - 14:52

22Prematurely perforated Schlemm’s canal during GATT (V)

Dr Peter Ta Chen Chang, Miami, USA

 

14:52 -14:58

23Childhood glaucoma in Down syndrome

Dr Raymond G Areaux Jr., Minneapolis, USA

 

14:58 - 15:04

24A large and small tube in Reiger's syndrome (V)

Dr Imran Masood, Birmingham, UK

 

15:04 - 15:10

25Changes in axial length in PCG patients after surgery

Dr Osvaldo Berger, London, UK

 

15:10 - 15:25

Session 5 Chair moderated Panel Discussion

Panelists: Dr Raymond G Areaux Jr., Dr Osvaldo Berger, Dr Peter Ta Chen Chang, Dr Imran Masood, Dr Matthew J McSoley

 

Session 6

Chairs: Mr Joe Abbott, Birmingham, UK, & Mr John Brookes, London, UK

 

15:25 - 15:31

26Paediatric glaucoma surgery in the United States: 5-year incidence in the Intelligent Research in Sight registry and Optum data set

Prof Ann Shue, Stanford, USA

 

15:31 - 15:37

27Case report of monozygotic twins with Hallerman-Streiff syndrome presenting with microphthalmia, bilateral congenital cataracts, posterior synechiae, and early-onset glaucoma

Dr Kellyn N Bellsmith, Portland, USA

 

15:37 - 15:43

28A review of the role of the hand-held OCT in primary congenital glaucoma (V)

Dr Ghyath Kafa, Manchester, UK

 

15:43 - 15:49

29Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction and childhood glaucoma: Rare concurrence and distinct presentations

Dr Raymond G Areaux Jr., Minneapolis, USA

 

15:49 - 15:55

30Long-term follow-up of glaucoma drainage implants (tubes) in paediatric glaucoma patients

Dr Susanna Koenig, London, UK

 

15:55 - 16:10

Session 6 Chair moderated Panel Discussion

Panelists: Dr Raymond G Areaux Jr., Dr Kellyn N Bellsmith, Dr Ghyath Kafa, Dr Susanna Koenig, Prof Ann Shue

 

16:10 - 16:25

Pearls of Wisdom - Towards an evidence-based future for childhood glaucoma surgery

Presentation and Q&A

Prof James D Brandt, Sacramento, USA

 

16:25 -16:35 President’s closing remarks

Prizes and acknowledgements

Prof Sir Peng T Khaw, London, UK

16:35 - 16:45 BREAK

16:45 - 17:15 - Annual General Meeting 

UKPGS 2021 delegates will also have access to a Post-meeting training and learning resource: 12-month on-demand access to the full recording of UKPGS 2021 - Presentations, Abstracts, Posters, Panels and Q&A.

Professor Julian Garcia-Feijoo, Madrid,
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Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
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