Internet Enduring Material Sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by the Department of Ophthalmology, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

This CME activity provides a practical approach to initiating an internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling procedure after pars plana vitrectomy (e.g. with the aim of closing a macular hole). The theoretical principles of starting an ILM peel are discussed, along with practical tips and techniques. The course director then reviews several cases of ILM peel initiation to demonstrate the principles in action. 

Target Audience

This course is designed for physicians and allied health professionals in ophthalmology and specifically in the subspeciality of vitreoretinal diseases and surgery

1. Describe the principles behind starting an ILM peel of the retina
2. Describe how the ILM behaves as one initiates the peel
3. Describe some of the best techniques to help initiate an ILM peel of the retina

Release Date: July 15, 2019
Expiration Date: July 15, 2022
Estimated Time to Complete: 0.25 hours
CME Credits Offered: 0.25
Registration Fee: FREE

Disclosures

The following planner and speaker has indicated that he has no relationships with industry to disclose relative to the content of this activity:

Theodore Leng, MD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Course Director
Speaker

Commercial Support

This activity received no commercial support.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency

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Bibliography

Chatziralli IP, Theodossiadis PG, Steel DHW. INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING IN MACULAR HOLE SURGERY; WHY, WHEN, AND HOW? Retina. 2018 May;38(5):870-882. 

Díaz-Valverde, Wu L. TO PEEL OR NOT TO PEEL THE INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE IN IDIOPATHIC EPIRETINAL MEMBRANES.Retina. 2018 Sep;38 Suppl 1:S5-S11. 

Greven MA, Cheng S, Leng T. Optical coherence tomography-guided short-duration positioning after vitrectomy for macular hole. Ophthalmol Retina. 2017;1(2):176-178.

Luis de Sisternes, Julia Hu, Daniel L. Rubin, Theodore Leng; Visual Prognosis of Eyes Recovering From Macular Hole Surgery Through Automated Quantitative Analysis of Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) Scans. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2015;56(8):4631-4643. doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-16344

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.