I overheard this very interesting conversation between different eye surgeons over the internet. It is a great way to learn for all of us from a real case event All of us, as eye surgeons, are bound to come across this scenario somewhere in our practice. Most of it is self explanatory so I will… Read More »
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 »
Adenoviral conjunctivitis Etiology: Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is one of the most common ocular viral infections caused by adenoviruses. Adenovirus family consists of different serotypes. Serotypes 8, 11 19 and 37 are held responsible for EKC and it is known that especially serotypes 8 and 19 cause epidemics [1,2]. Clinical Presentation: Disease presents itself after an… Read More »
In this blog, I shall discuss two different topics: 1. Astigmatism arising due to IOL tilt 2. The role of lasers in the era of anti-VEGF Intravitreal injections We shall discuss the first one in the form of an actual case. The second topic will be discussed in general. This type of discussion brings out… 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
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 »
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 »
We were very fortunate to have Dr. Najjar from Syria to join our phaco training program. He joined us just as Dr. Ioannis Segos was departing. Dr. Najjar is a highly experinced surgeon and he started operating independently very early in this training program.
Query A complaint of foreign body sensation after a perfect clear corneal phaco, persisting up to 4-6 month after stopping all the medications is irritation both for the surgeon his patients. Aggravation of dry eye is said to be culprit. It was not with ECCE with IOL except initial 1-2 days, surely not for 4-6… Read More »
With Dr. Kenney, my mentor Dr. Kenney has been a mentor and a source of great motivation for my entire two years at UCI. Working with her is a source of great pleasure. My working with her has led to the publication of three papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Three more are in the pipeline.… Read More »