Program

NPOG
Thursday August 28th 2025
10:00–12:00 Registration
12:00–13:30 Welcome
Updates of childhood uveitis
Moderators Kristiina Vasara & Marita Andersson Grönlund
12:00–12:20 Current screening guidelines for JIA-associated uveitis: Risk and protective factors Agnes Galbo Brost
12:20–12:40 Two Decades of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Sweden: Patient Characteristics, Treatment Strategies, Occurrence of Uveitis, and Ocular Complications Marita Andersson Grönlund
12:40–13:00 Use of Biologic DMARDs for Pediatric Uveitis Kristiina Vasara
13:00–13:20 Transition to adult care Katriina Mikola
13:30–14:30 Lunch
14:30–16:30 Anterior segment from genes to surgery
Moderators Päivi Lindahl & Alf Nyström
14:30–14:50 Genetics in childhood-onset anterior segment diseases Line Kessel
14:50–14:57 Anterior segment anomaly as a first sign of a rare disease – a case report Michaela Abura
15:00–15:20 EDOF IOL in children with cataract Kari Krootila
15:20–15:40 Bag-in-the lens in children with cataract Alf Nyström
15:40–15:47 Pediatric cataract surgery using optic capture technique and its influence on the occurrence of postoperative visual axis opacification Diana Mürr
15:50–16:10 Penetrating keratoplasty in children with congenital stromal corneal dystrophy Cecilie Bredrup
16:10–16:17 Surgical detachment of irido- and lenticulocorneal adhesions in Peters anomaly Elsa-Leea Kotola
16:20–16:27 Long-term results and complications after glaucoma drainage device surgery in childhood glaucoma Tuulia Kankainen
16:30–17:00 Coffee Break – Exhibition – Posters
17:00–18:00 Prince Sigvard Bernadotte Honorary Lecture
19:00 Get-together Hanasaari Congress Center

NPOG
Friday August 29th 2025
8:30–9:30 Free papers
Moderators Hannakaisa Eloranta & Linda Andersson
8:30–8:37 Does benign enlargement of subarachnoid spaces (BESS) predispose for retinal hemorrhages, subdural hematomas or acute neurological symptoms? A systematic review Kerstin Hellgren
8:37–8:44 Ophthalmological findings and perceptual visual dysfunction in children and adolescents with surgically treated hydrocephalus – a cohort study from childhood to adolescence Rezhna Taha Najim
8:44–8:51 Patient and Ophthalmological outcome two years after Voretigen-neparvovec treatment – a case report Susann Andersson
8:51–8:58 Dexamethasone eye drops as a first line treatment for type 2 retinopathy of prematurity – a register-based study Johanna Sundgren
8:58–9:05 The role of fluorescein angiography in post treatment monitoring of retinopathy of prematurity Linda Andersson
9:05–9:12 Very low birth weight is an independent predictor of not holding a driver’s license – a two-country longitudinal birth study Tora Sund Morken
9:12–9:19 Mind the gap: Diverging Perspectives on Childhood Myopia in Europe from a Delphi Panel of Eye Care Professionals and Payers Kun Shi-van Wielink
9:19–9:26 Does orthokeratology lens affect higher-order aberrations on posterior corneal surface? Results from an 18-month randomized controlled trial of myopic children Nita Ganeshavel
09:30 Coffee Break – Exhibition – Posters
10:00–11:30 Myopia from genes to prevention
Moderators Joni Turunen & Hanna-Maria Öhnell
10:00–10:15 Epidemiology of myopia Olavi Pärssinen
10:15–10:30 When should we perform genetic testing in myopia? Joni Turunen
10:30–10:45 Myopia and Stickler syndrome Kirstine Boysen
10:45–11:00 Complications of high myopia Hanna-Maria Öhnell
11:00–11:15 Current theories and underlying mechanisms of myopia prevention Marja-Liisa Franssila
11:15–11:30 Myopia prevention studies Diana Chabané-Schmidt
11:30–12:00 Coffee Break – Exhibition – Posters
12:00–13:00 Nordic perspective on the myopia
Moderators Line Kessel & Olavi Pärssinen
12:00–12:15 Myopia-guidelines at Oslo University Hospital Erlend Landsend
12:15–12:30 Myopia prevention program at Skåne University hospital Hanna-Maria Öhnell
12:30–13:00 Panel: Line Kessel, Erlend Landsend, Dýrleif Pétursdóttir, Olavi Pärssinen & Hanna-Maria Öhnell
13:00–14:00 Lunch

NSA
Friday August 29th 2025
14:00–15:30 Welcome
Novel and Nordic perspectives on strabismus treatment
Moderators Ulf Dahlstrand & Anne Elisabeth Christensen
14:00–14:20 Finnish version of Adult Strabismus Questionnaire (AS-20) and psychosocial symptoms of strabismus Anna Mason
14:20–14:40 Finnish AS-20 data in strabismic adults Laura Vanhatalo
14:40–15:00 Perspectives on effectiveness on treatment Johanna Liinamaa
15:00–15:30 Treatment of strabismus in Nordic countries Ulf Dahlstrand & Anne Elisabeth Christensen
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break – Exhibition – Posters
16:00–17:00 Updates on intermittent exotropia
Moderator Elina Karvonen		 Jonathan Holmes, USA
17:00-18:00 NPOG/NSA General Assembly
19:00 Gala dinner Restaurant Sipuli
(bus transfer)

NPOG
Saturday August 30th 2025
8:30–10:00 Oculomotor deviations in orbital diseases
Moderators Jon Peiter Saunte & Olli Laine
8:30–8:50 Atypical TED and its differential diagnoses Tommi Parkkinen
8:50–9:10 TED and strabismus – what treatment options do we have? Jon Peiter Saunte
9:10–9:30 Perspectives on orbital fractures Johanna Snäll
9:30–9:50 Treatment of strabismus after orbital trauma Jonathan Holmes, USA
9:50–10:00 Discussion
10:00–10:30 Coffee Break – Exhibition – Posters
10:30–12:00 Free papers and cases
Moderators Dýrleif Petursdottir & Ville Somervuo
10:30–11:30 A case I have learned from Kia Pöllänen
Mikaela Höglund
Suvi Lähdeoja
Elina Karvonen
11:30–11:40 Discussion
11:40–12:00 Y split – to increase field of single binocular vision in incomitant strabismus Jon Peiter Saunte
12:00–12:10 Discussion
12:10–12:30 Goodbye and an introduction to the next NPOG-NSA meeting