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Publications and Presentations

Macula Surgery Research Group
Robert Morris, M.D., C. Douglas Witherspoon, M.D.,
Ferenc Kuhn, M.D. Ph.D., Suzanne Nelson, R.N.
Wayne Taylor, M.D.

2006
Visual Acuity Testing in Macular Pucker. Morris, R., Scharper, P., Fletcher, D., Witherspoon, C., Kuhn, F., Harrill, M. Retina. 2006; 26(5):589..

2004
Vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane removal for clinically significant macular oedema. Kuhn, F., Kiss, G., Mester, V., Szijarto, Zs., , Kovacs, B. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2004; 242(5):402-8.

`2003 AAO Annual Meeting Receipient of BEST of SHOW AWARD 2003
Scientific Video Program Listing
Anaheim, Calif. Nov. 15 to 18    New FILMS video
V30 Fluidic Internal Limiting Membrane Separation in Macular Hole and Macular Pucker

2003
Internal Limiting Membrane Removal for Macular Detachment in Highly Myopic Eyes. Kuhn, F. A J Ophthal Apr 2003;135(4):547-49.

The Effect of Indocyanine-green on Functional Outcome of Macular Pucker Surgry. Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Kuhn, F. Taylor, S.W., Breaud, S. A J Ophthal. Sept. 2003;136 Letter to Editor.

Epiretinal membranes: Clinical appearance and surgical treatment. II. Theroretical considerations.Mester, V., Kuhn, F. Hungarian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2003;140: 103-107

Epiretinal membranes: Clinical ppaerance and surgical treatment. II. Results. Mester, V., Kuhn, F. Hungarian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2003;140: 109-112

2002
"The Traction Maculopathies: Macular Pucker, Macular Hole, Cellophane Maculopathy, Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome." Witherspoon, C.D., Morris, R., Kuhn, F., Taylor, S.W. Chapter in Book: Highlights of Ophthalmology, Retinal and Vitreoretinal Surgery Highlights Press, Boyd, B.,editor.Highlights of Ophthalmology International, Panama City; 333-352, 2002

Annual Meeting, Chicago Ophthalmological Society, Chicago, IL, June 2002 Ocular · Traction maculopathies

Training School, European Vitreoretinal Society, Bremen, Germany, April 2002 · Internal limiting membrane removal for eyes without a macular hole
· Internal limiting membrane removal for idiopathic macular holes
· Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes
· Primary vitrectomy for retinal detachment
· The posterior hyaloid face, epimacular proliferations, and the internal limiting   membrane

Grand Rounds, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, April 2002
· Internal limiting membrane removal for eyes with traumatic macular holes

Annual Scientific Meeting, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, February 2002
· Internal limiting membrane removal indications and techniques

"Management of Eyes with Traumatic Macular Holes" Kuhn, F, Mester, V. Witherspoon, C. D.  Annual Meeting Southern Retina Study Group, Houston Texas

Annual Meeting, All-India Ophthalmology Society, Ahmedabad, India, January 2002
· Management of eyes with expulsive choroidal hemorrhage
· Epimacular proliferation and the internal limiting membrane - differential diagnosis and   management

"Internal Limiting Membrane Removal for Traumatic Macular Hole Surgery"   Kuhn, F., Morris, R. Mester, V., Witherspoon, C.D.   Annual Meeting Vitreous Society, Cancun, Mexico, January

2001
"
Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes." Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V., Witherspoon, C.D. Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers 32:308:315;2001.

Annual Meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 2001
· The Posterior Hyaloid, Epimacular Proliferations, and the Internal Limiting Membrane:   Differential Diagnosis and Management

Annual Meeting, Vitreous Society, Cancun, Mexico, January, 2001
· Internal limiting membrane removal for traumatic macular holes surgery

Retina 2001 Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, January 2001
· Macular Pucker: A New Treatment Paradigm

2000
Thirty-Third Annual Scientific Session, The Retina Society, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2000
· Forceps Removal of ILM in Macular Hole: The Key Hole and Apple Peeling Techniques

Grand Rounds, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham, Alabama, November 2000 · Macular Surgery: New Approaches
"Macular Hole and Macular Pucker" University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Ophthalmology Grand Rounds, Birmingham, Alabama, November 2000.

"ILM Peel, How We Do It" Robert Morris. Pre-Academy Retina Subspecialty Day, Video Panel:
"Forceps Removal of the Retinal Internal Limiting Membrane in Surgery for Macular Hole and Macular Pucker." Robert Morris, Douglas Witherspoon, Ferenc Kuhn, Terry Moore, Wayne Taylor, Suzanne Nelson. Best of Show Video.
"ICG Dye Use in Macular Surgery." Robert Morris, Douglas Witherspoon, Ferenc Kuhn.
"The Posterior Hyaloid, Epimacular Proliferations and the Internal Limiting Membrane. Differential Diagnosis and Management". Instruction course, Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, October 2000. "Internal Limiting Membrane Removal for Traumatic Macular Holes," Robert Morris.

5th International Symposium on Ocular Trauma, Montreal, Canada, July 2000.
· Internal Limiting Membrane Removal for Traumatic Macular Holes

"Internal Limiting Membrane Removal in the Management of Full-Thickness Macula Holes." Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn. Am J Ophthalmol, June, 2000; 129(6): 769-76.

"Macular Hole Repair in Eyes with Concomitant Retinal Detachment due to Peripheral Retinal Tears,". Douglas Witherspoon, Joel H. Herring, Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, Suzanne Nelson. ARVO, Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May, 2000.

"Traction Maculopathy: Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome, Cellophane Maculopathy, Macular Pucker, Macular Hole." Morris, Robert, Douglas Witherspoon, Ferenc Kuhn, Suzanne Nelson, Brad Priester, Richard Mayne. Krieglstein, G.K. Retinology Today- In Memoriam of Klaus Heimann. Finkenstrabe, Germany: Ad Manum Medici, May 2000.

"Pneumatic Maculopexy," Robert Morris, Stephen Guest, James Kimble, Suzanne Nelson, Virginia Lolley.
"Treatment of Traction Maculopathy" Robert Morris, Douglas Witherspoon, Ferenc Kuhn.. Vail Vitrectomy Symposium, Vail, Colorado, March 2000

"Treatment of Macular Detachment Associated with Optic Nerve Pits, " Robert Morris, Scott Dorin, Douglas Witherspoon, Ferenc Kuhn. Annual Meeting, Retina 2000, Maui, Hawaii, January 2000

1999
"Outer Space/Inner Space: An Update on Fluid Internal Limiting Membrane Separation (FILMS)," Robert Morris, Douglas Witherspoon, Ferenc Kuhn, Suzanne Nelson. The Vitreous Society Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, September, 1999

"Management of Traumatic Macular Holes," Ferenc Kuhn, Viktoria Mester. Biannual Meeting, European Ophthalmological Society, Stockholm, Sweden, June, 1999

"Treatment of Traction Maculopathies," Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, Douglas Witherspoon. Retina 99, Hawaii, HI, January 1999

1998
"Management of Terson's Syndrome and Hemorrhagic Macular Cysts," Ferenc Kuhn, Viktoria Mester.
"The Posterior Vitreous Face, Epimacular Proliferations, and the Macular Internal Limiting Membrane: Differential Diagnosis and Management," Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn.
"Management of Macular Holes," Gy Salcz, Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn,
3rd Meeting, Hungarian Retina Society, Szekszard, Hungary, November, 1998

"Fluidic Internal Limiting Membrane Separation (FILMS): A Substantial Advance in Surgery for Traction Maculopathy," Robert Morris, C. Douglas Witherspoon, Ferenc Kuhn, Suzanne Nelson. The Retina Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, September, 1998

"ILM Maculorhexis for Macular Holes," Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn. Retina Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September, 1998

"The Posterior Vitreous Face, Epimacular Proliferations, and the Macular Internal Limiting Membrane: Differential Diagnosis and Management," Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn. Pan Hellenic Ophthalmological Society, Hydra, Greece, August, 1998

"Internal limiting membrane removal for macular hole surgery. Douglas Witherspoon, Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, Suzanne Nelson. Annual Meeting, Vitreous Society, Alaska, (Cruise) July, 1998 First presentation of FILMS.

"Internal Limiting Membrane Removal (ILM Maculorhexis) in the Management of Stage II-IV Idiopathic Macular Holes," Robert Morris, Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn, James Dooner, Douglas Witherspoon. International Congress of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June, 1998

"Management of the Internal. Limiting Membrane during Macular Hole Surgery," Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn, B. Kovacx.
"Terson's Syndrome: Management and Prognosis," Ferenc Kuhn, Viktoria Mester. Optifair Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, June, 1998

"Internal Limiting Membrane Removal (ILM Maculorhexis) in the Management of Idiopathic Macular Holes," Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, and Douglas Witherspoon. ARVO, Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL., May 1998

"ILM Maculorhexis in the Management of Macular Holes'" Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn.
Pan Hellenic Ophthalmological Congress, Porto Carras, Greece, May, 1998

"Internal Limiting Membrane Maculorhexis for Macular Holes," Ferenc Kuhn, Viktoria Mester, Robert Morris. Scientific Meeting, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April, 1998

"Traction Maculopathy Surgical Treatment," Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, Douglas Witherspoon. Symposium for University Ophthalmology Faculty of Beijing, Beijing, China, March 1998

"Management of Hemorrhagic Macular Cysts in Terson's Syndrome and Traumatic Macular Hole Surgery and Treatment, " Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, Douglas Witherspoon. Vitreoretinal Symposium, Shanghai Vitreoretinal Institute, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China, March, 1998

Surgical Treatment of Macular Surface Disorders. Robert Morris and Ferenc Kuhn. ed. Boyd, B. World Atlas Series of Ophthalmic Surgery. Vol. IV: Highlights of Ophthalmology International; 1998. 58-64 First publication of FILMS.

The Tano diamond dusted membrane scraper: indications and contraindications. Ferenc Kuhn, Viktoria Mester, A. Berta. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavia1998; 76: 754-56

Major Advances in Vitreoretinal Surgery Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, Douglas Witherspoon. Highlights of Ophthalmology 1998. 26: 63-72

Internal limiting membrane removal in macular hole surgery. Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn.
VitreoTech 1998; 3 (1): 2-4

Terson's Syndrome. Results of vitrectomy and the significance of vitreous hemorrhage in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Viktoria Mester, and Douglas Witherspoon. Ophthalmology 1998; 105:472-77

1997
"ILM Maculorhexis in the Management of Macular Holes." Viktoria Mester, Ferenc Kuhn, B. Kovacs. Meeting of the Hungarian Retina Society, Seregelyes, Hungary, November, 1997

"Management of Traumatic Macular Holes." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Viktoria Mester. Trauma Symposium, Wurzburg, Germany, September 1997

"Management of Hemorrhagic Cysts in Terson's Syndrome: The Foveal Internal Limiting Membrane." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Viktoria Mester. Annual Meeting of the Pan Hellenic Ophthalmic Society, Kos, Greece, September 1997

"Combined Peripapillary Laser and Vitrectomy in Optic Pit Macular Detachment." Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, Douglas Witherspoon, Gregg Kaiser.

"ILM (Internal limiting membrane) Maculorhexis for Traction Maculopathy." Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, James Dooner, Douglas Witherspoon. XIth Congress of the European Society of Ophthalmology, Budapest, Hungary, May 1997

"Spontaneous Hydraulic ILM Removal in Terson's Syndrome: Long-term Prognosis and Implications." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris.
"ILM Maculorhexis in Vitrectomy for Traction Maculopathy." Wayne Taylor, Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris. Annual Meeting, Vitreoretinal Society of India, Bombay, India, February 1997

"Hemorrhagic Macular Cysts in Terson's Syndrome and its Implications for Macular Surgery." Chapter in book: Macular and Retinal Diseases; Ed. Wiedmann, P., Kohen, L. Morris, Robert, Ferenc Kuhn, C. Douglas Witherspoon, James Dooner, Viktoria Mester. Developments in Ophthalmology, Karger, Basel, 1997. 29: 44-54

1996
"Spontaneous Hydraulic ILM Removal in Terson's Syndrome: Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris. Long-Term Prognosis and Implications."
"ILM Maculorhexis in Vitrectomy for Traction Maculopathy." Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn. New approaches in the diagnosis and therapy of macular diseases, University Eye Hospital, Leipzig, Germany, November, 1996

"Vitrectomy for Terson's Syndrome." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Viktoria Mester, Douglas Witherspoon Joint European Research Meetings in Ophthalmology and Vision, Montpellier, France, October 1996

"Vitrectomy for Optic Pit Macular Detachment." Gregg Kaiser, D.Wiatrak, Douglas. Witherspoon, Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris. ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 1996

1995
"Vitrectomy for Optic Pit Macular Detachment." Gregg Kaiser, D. Wiatrak, Douglas.Witherspoon, Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris. Annual Meeting of the Vitreous Society, London, UK, August 1995
"Vitrectomy for Terson's Syndrome: Indications and Results." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Douglas Witherspoon. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., May, 1995

"Macular Hole Surgery." Ferenc Kuhn, Douglas Witherspoon, Robert Morris. Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, GA., February 1995

"Optic Nerve Pit Macular Detachment." Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, Douglas. Witherspoon. Master Techniques in Ophthalmic Surgery; ed. Hampton Roy, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995. 813-18

1994
"Management of Hemorrhagic Cysts in Terson's Syndrome." Ferenc Kuhn , Robert Morris, Douglas Witherspoon. Annual Meeting, Vitreous Society, Aspen, CO, August 1994

"Management of Hemorrhagic Macular Cysts in Terson's Syndrome." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Michael Massey, Douglas Witherspoon. 27th International Congress of Ophthalmology, Toronto, Canada, June, 1994

"Management of Hemorrhagic Macular Cysts in Trauma-related Terson's Syndrome." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Douglas Witherspoon. 3rd International Symposium on Ocular Trauma, Cancun, Mexico, March, 1994

"Hemorrhagic Macular Cysts in Terson's Syndrome: Implications for Macular Surgery." Ferenc Kuhn Robert Morris. Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, GA, February 1994

"Retinal folds and hemorrhagic macular cysts in Terson's Syndrome." Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, Douglas Witherspoon. Ophthalmol 1994; 101:1. Full text - First publication proving that ILM loss is well tolerated and predictably stable. First use of the term "traction maculopathy."

1993
"Vitrectomy management of Terson's syndrome." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Douglas Witherspoon, P. Collins. Annual Grand Rounds, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL., December, 1993
2nd International Retina Workshop, Pécs, Hungary, August, 1993

"Hemorrhagic cysts in Terson's syndrome: implications for macular surgery." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, C.D. Witherspoon. Annual Meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago, IL, November, 1993
Retina Society, San Francisco, CA, September, 1993


First International Ophthalmology Symposium, Bordeaux, France, September, 1993
Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, Panama City, FL., August, 1993
Eye Foundation Hospital Alumni Meeting, Birmingham, AL., May, 1993
Southern Vitreoretinal Surgery Group, New Orleans, LA, March, 1993

"Management of Hemorrhagic Macular Cysts in Terson's Syndrome." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris. Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, GA, February 1993

"Management of Macular Holes." Robert Morris, James Byrne, Ferenc Kuhn. Alabama Optometry Association, Birmingham, AL., February 1993

1992
"Vitrectomy for Terson's syndrome." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Doug. Witherspoon, P. Collins. Southern Medical Association, 86th Annual Scientific Assembly, San Antonio, TX, November, 1992
Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, Panama City, FL, August, 1992
"Advances in Vitreoretinal Surgery." Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn. Annual Meeting, Alabama Optometric Association, Birmingham, AL., November 1992

1991
"The Significance of Terson's Syndrome for the Neurosurgeon and the Ophthalmologist." Ferenc Kuhn. Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, September, 1991

"Vitrectomy for Terson's Syndrome: A Report of 21 Cases in 16 Patients." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Douglas Witherspoon. Eye Foundation Hospital Alumni Meeting, Birmingham, AL, May, 1991

Annual Meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Atlanta, GA., October 1990. First report of stable macula after ILM loss.

Photic retinal injury from endoillumination during vitrectomy." Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, Michael Massey. Am J Ophthalmol 1991, 111; 42-6. First case report of endoillumination photo toxicity.

1990
"Surgical Management of Macular Detachment Associated with Optic Nerve Pit."
Ferenc Kuhn, Doug Witherspoon, Robert Morris. Southeastern Vitreoretinal Seminar, Atlanta, Ga., February 1990

 

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