Monthly Archives: March 2020
Phaco Training: Dr. A. K. Grover Presents Video on Congenital Lacrimal Fistula
Phaco Training: Dr.(Mrs ) Kasturi Bhattacharjee Demonstrates Lower Lid Blepharoplasty by Orbital Fat Relocation & Redraping in “Double Convexity Deformity” – prominent orbital rim, lengthening of L/L and herniation of orbital fat
Phaco Training: Dr. Salil Kumar Mandal Operates on an Eye (Modified Cutler-Beard) with Upper Eye Lid Sebaceous Cell Carcinoma) Infested with Maggots
Phaco Training: Dr. John Chancellor Presents a Modified Trocar-Assisted Vitresous Tap and Injection
https://www.aao.org/1-minute-video/trocar-assisted-tap-inject In this video, Drs. John Chancellor and Ahmed Sallam demonstrate a method for performing a modified intravitreal tap and inject. This method uses a 25-gauge valved trocar, a pair of forceps and a 25-gauge three-quarter inch needle attached to a 5 mL syringe. The eye is marked 3.5 or 4.0 millimeters from the limbus… Read More »
Phaco Training: Dr. Kamal Kapur Implants a 4.5 mm Piggy Back IPCL in a Pseudophakic Eye with Posterior Synechiae
Phaco Training: Coronavirus shows low risk for being spread through tears
SARS-CoV-2 is known to be transmitted via droplets, but infected patients are unlikely to spread the virus through tears, according to a study. “In our study, we could not find any evidence of viral shedding in tears taken at various time points over the course of disease in COVID-19-positive patients. Hence, this study suggests lower probability… Read More »
Phaco Training: Interview with Professor GVS Murthy on COVID – 19
PG: Sir I am asking this to you on behalf of All India Ophthalmology Society’s Scientific Committee. Sir there is an enormous trepidation amongst practicing ophthalmologists regarding the Corona virus/ Covid epidemic and what is the best response for them. Should they just shut shop and stay indoors to prevent its spread? Or join their other… Read More »
Phaco Training: Dr. MS Sir Beautifully Manages a Hard Mature Cataract
Phaco Training: How we are Handling COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches across the country, physicians have had to modify schedules, evaluate patient needs and change the way their businesses are run. The American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Retina Specialists have recommended ophthalmologists restrict seeing patients to urgent or emergency cases, as well as screening any patients coming into their offices for… Read More »