Further report on Watery Eyes from ISD-DE

Watery eyes at the International Society Dacryology and Dry Eyes 2024

When the curtain finally came down at the end of the International Society Dacryology and Dry Eye XIVth Congress held 29^th to 31^st May 2024 in London, we were all sad that it was over for another two years.

Professor Nikos Trakos handed over the presidency of ISD-DE to Ms Jane Olver, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Clinica London and has a very big interest in watering eyes and increasingly in dry eyes.

Ms Olver will hold the Presidency 2024 to 2026. Everyone is welcomed back to the XVth Congress ISD-DE to be held in Tallinn, Estonia, in June 2026. This will be organised by Dr Kadi Palumaa, who becames the President Elect.

In fact, over the next two years the Society will not be dormant but will work hard to promote the science and medicine of watery and dry eyes, namely the links between cornea and external eye diseases, and the oculoplastic lacrimal surgeons interested in the lacrimal outflow system. We will work to create an updated Constitution and an incorporated charitable organisation (ICO), have working groups and teaching events.

Watch this space www.isd-de.org!

Some of the highlights picked by Jane Olver

Professor Juan Murube del Castille Inaugural lecture by Professor Geoffrey Rose.

Juan Murube was one of the Founding fathers of ISD and an inspirator of dacryology.

https://www.isd-de.org/news/in-memoriam-professor-juan-murube-del-castillo/

https://sociedadoftalmologicademadrid.com/revistas/revista-2016/m2016-02.html

https://www.esoprs.eu/news/in-memoriam-professor-dr-juan-murube-del-castillo/

The President Nikolaos Trakos (middle) and Chairman Neil Rowson (r) preparing the podium for Geoffrey Rose (left).

Santiago Ortiz Perez from Granada and Professor Reynaldo Javate both welcomed Geoff and praised Juan Murube, providing their memoirs of the great ophthalmologist from Seville and Madrid. Geoff presented his wonderful lecture on “High tension: some unknowns in dacryology” which was a marvellously thought through lecture on the function of nasolacrimal ducts and the surgical ostium, and comparative nasolacrimal anatomy and function with horses, giraffes, elephants, sheep and cows. It actually bought out goose pimples on my arms as he gave such a knowledgeable and well prepared lecture.

Frederick Paulsen from Germany presented a wonderful lecture on the Nasolacrimal Duct Anatomy and Function in relation to the Ocular Surface.

In this he delved into the specialised anatomy and the role of the Horner´s muscle in the lacrimal pump, and the role of the cavernous venous sinus around the nasolacrimal duct.

Paediatric lacrimal Surgery Symposium.

In this Symposium chaired by Angela Dolmetsch, the controversies on the management of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction were discussed, including early and late management, simple probing, endoscopically assisted, dacryoplasty and recanalisation.

Martin Emesz from Austria argued for early treatment in congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction, Hunter Yuen from Hong Kong argued for the use of the endoscope, Mehdi Fendri from Tunis advocated the use of dacryoplasty in the late management of CNLDO, whilst Reynaldo Javate from the Philippines considered TELDR as the best approach for paediatric NLD obstruction.

Lastly Angela Dolmetsch from Columbia in South America updated us with her very sound and logical management approach from her extensive experience of paediatric endoscopic endonasal DCR.

Dr Ivan Haefliger. Switzerland. Watery eyes – Prevalence of Epiphora in Adults

In this talk Dr Haefliger did a meta analysis of A! word Epiphora and found some interesting throught provoking results.

Dr Elin Bohman. To Intubate or Not to Intubate in DCR – Perhaps That is Not The Question?

Dr Bohman is one of the most notable up and coming Dacryologists around, from Sweden, with a thoughtful and inquisitive scientific approach to the lacrimal system function. Her talks are always reliable and you know that she is not hypothesising, but presenting good evidence.

The Gold Sponsors FCI held a Symposium and Workshop on intubation types and techniques.

There were several other excellent Symposia and presentations on watering eyes by UK based surgeons: Mr Ahmad Aziz, ENT Mr Hesham Saleh, Mr Saul Rajak, Mr Hew Oliphant, Mr Ramon Malhotra and many more. The international lacrimal surgeons came from Japan, Singapore, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, Tunisia, Estonia, Italy, India, Greece.