Phaco Training: Fortified eye drops
I am attaching here a power point presentation of constituting fortified eye drops Fortified-eye-drops-1-11-15 This great presentation belongs to Dr. Sushmita Shah She is a consultant in Bombay, India
Category Archives: Dr. Mustafa Parekh
Phaco Training: Another Publication in Translational Research
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2014 Apr;62(4):429-36. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.121143. Effects of triamcinolone acetonide on human trabecular meshwork cells in vitro. Sharma A, Patil AJ, Gupta N, Estrago-Franco MF, Mansoor S, Raymond V, Kenney MC, Kuppermann BD1. Author information Abstract AIM: To study the effects of triamcinolone acetonide (TA) on cultured human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS: HTM cells were cultured and treated… Read More »
Phaco Training: 1. Dilate exam 2. Keratoplasty History
Dilate exam Question The incidence of RD after cataract surgery is around 1% ( ref: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12759852), while the incidence of retinal detachment after LASIK is around 0.25% (http://www.revophth.com/content/d/retina/c/22877/). Some studies quote an even lower rate for RD after LASIK Looking at these stats, will it be safe to assume that cataract surgery poses a similar… Read More »
Phaco Training: SICS + Trabeculectomy
Here, I wish to share with you a video of a surgery being performed by Dr. Mohamed Salih from Sudan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRuw9lLtDqY The point is to show you how easy it is to combine trabeculectomy with SICS. The beauty is that you complete the whole SICS cataract surgery. Then with 2 cuts, you convert the tunnel… Read More »
Phaco Training: Interesting Questions
I am putting here some questions which are encountered by ophthalmologists in their daily clinical practice. Question: Will there be any difference when one calculates IOL power in a dilated pupil & a non dilated pupil? Answer: As none of the power calculation formulae incorporate… Read More »
The International Phaco Training Surgeon
Dr. Sanjay just got back from a SEE Surgical Expedition. He flew half-way across the globe from India to Morelia, Mexico for the humanitarian mission. Morelia is a city in the state of Michoacan in Central Mexico. The noteworthy point is that he bore all the expenses for the mission. To his amazement, he was… Read More »
First Surgical Mission of Shankar Netrika
First of its kind surgical mission was conducted at the Shankar Netrika Eye Hospital, Mumbai which actively collaborates with Anjali Eye Center in its Phaco Training Prigram. On 25th September, 2011, 4 patients were were ope rated for cataract. They were brought from Wada, Thane district on 24th. Their travel, stay, meals and surgeries were… Read More »
SEE Eye Camp with Dr. Schneider
Miss Kimberley Burgess with patients at Anjali Eye Centre Dr. Mark Schneider with patients at the Anjali Eye Centre. Dr. Mark Schneider and his assistant Miss Kimberley Burgess attended a surgical camp organised by Dr. Sanjay Gupta from Feb 16 to Feb 19, 2009. Dr. Schneider brought surgical disposables from SEE along with him. 68… Read More »
Rishikesh Haridwar Mussorie Camp
We as a group of doctors of different specialities had organised a camp to villages of Northern India where health care is very primitive and unaccesable. Included in the team were two ophthalmologists, Dr. Mustaffa Parekh and myself. We left on Feb 2 and came back on Feb 8, 2007. We carried out 50 cataract… Read More »