Somebody posed this interesting question: Just wanted to know if anyone is using avastin in Neovascular glaucoma- intravitreal/intracameral. any advantage of intracameral over intravitreal ( ofcourse coupled with PRP)? any specific precaution to be taken while giving intracameral in this situation? The responses were varied and interesting from leading practicing eye doctors in India: 1.… Read More »
How to plan for your first multi-focal, toric IOL It is a good option, if the patient has more than 0.75 D CORNEAL astigmatism. He should have a strong desire to have good vision without spectacles. Those who are happy wearing glasses, should be left to do that! You should be sure of your surgeon induced… Read More »
We shall discuss three questions here: 1. OT fumigation in Indian setting 2. Intra cameral antibiotics as prophylaxis for endophthalmitis 3. Intra ocular surgery in pathological myopic eyes 1. As we know formalin used for fumigation of OT is carcinogenic so what is good & economical alternative for fumigation. Also from whom (manufacturer details)… Read More »
I think we as doctors, besides doing our best for our patients in the clinics, are duty bound to advance science. One of the ways of contributing to scientific knowledge is through our writings. That is probably the few things we can leave behind after our demise. I got my first paper published as first… Read More »
Look at this wonderful technique of SICS improvised by Dr. M.S. Ravindra from Bangalore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7b5fSPUgME The key differences of this technique from conventional temporal SICS are: 1. Smaller lenth of the tunnel 2. Fracture of the nucleus into 2 before expression
International Society of Manual Small Incision cataract Surgery (ISMSICS) Below is the link of the web site of the ISMSICS http://ismsics.com/ Frankly speaking, I was quite surprised to know that there exists a society of surgeons who promote SICS. I think it is very important that they do so I come across lots of young… Read More »
We were honoured to have Luis Perez of SEE International, Santa Barbara, California visit our phaco training center. We have been partnering with SEE for the eradication of blindness since last 5 years. Luis was with us on June 25, 2012 and we had organised a mini-surgical mission to give him a live- demonstration of… Read More »
SICS is a far safer option than phaco. But a good surgeon must be prepared for the complications that may happen. We will deal with complications occurring in each step of the surgery. And then some of the early and late post-op complications. This power point was prepared by Dr. Haripriya Aravind, one of the… Read More »
Dr. Sanjay Gupta has made 2 visits to Ghana, Africa on surgical missions. As usual, his surgical speed proved to be of great boon for the local and needy people who were blinded with cataract. Patients for Screening Dr. Sanjay was an instant hit with the patients Token of gratitude before departing
Hydroprocedures Hydroprocedures are a crucial, integral part of phaco surgery. This step can be totally and completely mastered during your SICS training. Below, I have uploaded the power point presentation wh ich can be downloaded by anyone. Here, I have classified the hydro procedures into hydrodissection and hydrodelineation. The hydrodissection has been further classified into… Read More »