Vitreoretinal Surgery

Dr Ulrich Spandau studied medicine at the University of Würzburg in Germany before completing ophthalmology residencies at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Mannheim–Heidelberg. He continued his surgical training at the Eye Clinic in Koblenz and became a board‑certified ophthalmologist in 2003. In 2004 he was appointed Consultant in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Mannheim–Heidelberg, later serving as Vice Director. He completed his PhD and received his venia legendi in 2005. Since 2008, Dr Spandau has been Consultant and Head of Surgery in the Department of Ophthalmology at Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden, and he has held the title of Associate Professor since 2013. He has published more than fifty peer‑reviewed articles and is the author of multiple Springer textbooks, including Small Gauge Vitrectomy: A Practical Handbook, Complications During and After Cataract Surgery, Small Gauge Vitrectomy for Diabetic Retinopathy, 27G Vitrectomy: Minimal Sclerotomies for Maximal Results, Cutting Edge of Ophthalmic Surgery: From Refractive SMILE to Robotic Vitrectomy, and Trocar Surgery for Cataract Surgeons.Dr Zhaotian Zhang earned his medical doctorate from Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) in Guangzhou, China, in 2012. He subsequently completed fellowship training in vitreoretinal surgery at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, the national tertiary referral centre and consistently ranked as China’s leading eye hospital. He now serves as a consultant vitreoretinal surgeon (adult and peadiatric retina), with a focus on advancing and refining surgical techniques in the field. Dr Zhang has authored more than thirty original research articles as first or corresponding author and wrote the textbook Vitreoretinal Surgery: From Basic to Mastery, published in Chinese by People’s Health Publishing. His surgical work has been recognised with three Excellent Awards at the ZEISS Film Festival within the RETINA China forum in recent years.

• Basics of Vitreoretinal Surgery.- A Brief History of the Development of Vitreoretinal Surgery.- Physical Principles Underlying Vitreoretinal Surgery.- Intraocular Tamponade.- Ⅱ: Vitrectomy in China.- Preoperative Preparation and Anesthesia.- Basic Steps and Techniques of Vitrectomy.- Surgical Intervention of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment-Part 1 (Scleral Buckling).- Surgical Intervention of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment-Part 2 (Pars Plana Vitrectomy).- Surgical Management of Diabetic Retinopathy.- Surgical Management of Epiretinal Membrane.- Surgical Intervention of Macular Hole.- Prevention and Management of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy.- Vitreoretinal Surgery in Children and Adolescents.- Editing and Presentation of Surgical Videos.- Ⅲ: Vitrectomy in Europe.- General introduction to vitreoretinal surgery in Europe.- Combined phaco/vitrectomy.- Encircling band, Vitrectomy, Retinotomy and C3F8 (Stockholm technique).- Easy diabetic retinopathy.- Ⅳ: Difficult vitrectomy in Europe.- Usage of a chandelier light.- Vitrectomy for difficult retinal detachment (PVR).- Difficult proliferative diabetic retinopathy.