On Friday, May 17, 2024, as part of the conference “Filatov Memorial Lectures 2024”, the symposium of the Ukrainian Vitreoretinal Society took place. The focus was on Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR) and approaches to surgical treatment.

The following topics were discussed: "Classification of Diabetic Proliferative Retinopathy: Clinical applications in vitreoretinal surgery" Y. Sirmann (Kyiv, Ukraine). "Principles of Perioperative and Intraoperative Laser Photocoagulation of the Retina in PDR" К. Korol and M. Umanets (Odesa, Ukraine). "Treatment Tactics for Vitreous Hemorrhage (Acute and Recurrent). Should early vitrectomy be performed?" I. Dovgan (Odesa, Ukraine). "Postoperative Transient Hyphema (Main Causes and Treatment Strategies)" G. Levytska and A. Yevtushenko (Odesa and Kharkiv, Ukraine), etc.