Monthly Archives: April 2020

Phaco Training: Dr. Santosh G. Honavar has an important message for all of us – Prepare or perish – Readiness is the key to reopen for routine eye care

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt India seems to have taken the right leadership posture and public health measures at quite the right time to significantly slow… Read More »

Phaco Training: Dr. Raksha Rao et al Present their Paper on the Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of Ruthenium-106 Plaque Brachytherapy in the management of Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia (OSSN) with Scleral Invasion.

OSSN is primarily managed by complete excision using the traditional “no-touch” technique.17 In the past decade, the use of topical chemotherapy (mitomycin-C and 5-fluorouracil) and immunotherapy (topical or injection interferon alpha-2b) as alternatives to surgical resection of OSSN has  been widely reported.18-20 Topical therapy for OSSN can achieve good tumour control, especially in eyes with small tumours… Read More »