Monthly Archives: March 2020
Phaco Training: Wills Eye Conference – Training needed to reduce musculoskeletal injuries among ophthalmologists
PHILADELPHIA — Ophthalmologists are at a high risk for developing occupational musculoskeletal pain, and training and precautionary measures should be enacted in order to decrease such risks, according to a speaker here. “It’s generally understood that surgeons, and especially microsurgeons such as ophthalmologists, are at increased risk of musculoskeletal injuries,” Erin E. Nichols, MD, said at the Wills… Read More »
Phaco Training: Dr. Kamaljeet Singh Speaks on Precautions to be Taken by Ophthalmologists Against Getting Infected by Corona virus
Phaco Training: Dr. Manas Nath gives his Pearls on Posterior Polar Cataract
Posterior polar cataract causes significant blurring of vision since it is at the nodal point of the eye and thus the patient presents earlier for cataract surgery. Despite comparatively smaller cataract and rapid recent developments in cataract surgery, there are significant surgical challenges due to preexisting weak or dehiscent posterior capsule. PITX 3 gene mutation… Read More »
Phaco Training: Dr. Ashish Sharma of MII Ret Cam Inc. Invents the World’s First Smartphone based Gonio Imaging Device – DIGS Pro
Phaco Training: Dr. Satya Karna Writes on Eye Can be Seen as Window to the Brain
The risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with age doubles every 5.9 years from 3.1 per 1000 persons age 60–64 years to 175 persons per 1000 at age 95+ years, making age the strongest risk factor for AD.[1] The eye, specifically the retina, shares the same embryological origin and vasculature as the central nervous system… Read More »
Phaco Training: Dr. Rohit Khanna and Dr. Santosh Honavar Discuss Coronavirus with special reference to Ophthalmologists
“Of course it is (a pandemic). We’re there. It doesn’t matter what kind of terminology you use. To me, the pandemic is a mindset. We can either use pandemic as a word that makes us all quake with fear or we can use it as a rallying cry to say—This is what we’re going to… Read More »