"It is essential to have good tools, but it is also essential that the tools should be used in the right way." - Wallace D. WattlesThe ‘B-HEX Pupil Expander’ has enabled easy and safe Phaco surgery in eyes with non-dilating pupils. This, in turn, has translated into better visual outcomes. In an o ...
By, Dr Suven Bhattacharjee MS, DO, DNB, FRF.
Read More..For the treatment of corneal endothelial disease there occurred a major shift from full thickness penetrating keratoplasty (PK) to component keratoplasty in last two decades. PK was used successfully for over a century for the treatment of endothelial disease but it requires months of follow up befo ...
By, Dr Praveen Dhanapal
Read More..Glaucoma is described as a chronic, progressive, optic neuropathy which may be caused by a group of ocular conditions leading to damage to the retinal ganglion cells and optic nerve with corresponding visual field defects.Intraocular pressure(IOP) has been suggested to ...
By, Dr Annamalai Odayappan
Read More..Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disorder seen in low birth weight and preterm infants affecting posterior segment retinal vessels, that potentially leads to blindness if not screened and treated at appropriate time. It can be mild with no visual defects or it may become aggressive with new ves ...
By, Dr Prabhu Baskaran
Read More..The ProblemAs Ophthalmologists, we come across countless interesting fundus cases in our daily practice which we want to capture but do not have the equipment to do so. The reason being not able to take the fundus camera to a patient who is bedridden, at camps or for ROP screening. Although there ar ...
By, Dr. PRITHVI CHANDRAKANTH
Read More..Implantation of intraocular lens has become the standard of care for correction of aphakia after cataract surgery. The development of safe and effective IOL s is one of the great successes in ophthalmology.Modern PCIOL’s have a track of remarkable safety and provide excellent visual outcome after un ...
By, Dr Vivek .V
Read More..The foremost cause of blindness in the world is cataract and cataract surgery is one of the most common procedures done worldwide.1 While phacoemulsification is considered superior than manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) in terms of early post-operative recovery and better uncorrected vi ...
By, Dr Manas Nath
Read More..Iridodialysis occurs following blunt trauma, penetrating trauma and during cataract surgery. Here are two videos showing, traumatic cataract extraction with iridodialysis repair (following blunt trauma) along with the animation of the repair. Phaco-emulsification with iridodialysis repair was done i ...
By, Dr madhu sekar
Read More..3D Printing is a technology where physical objects are created from digital files. It is a disruptive technology which has hasten the development in all fields around us.In health care 3D printing is used to make resorbable airways, titanium implants, functional prosthesis and anatomical models. 3D ...
By, Dr. Rajesh .V
Read More..IntroductionArtificialintelligence(AI),oftendescribedasthepivotaltechnologyofthefourthindustrialrevolution of mankind, refers to the theory and development of computer systems to be able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence. Deep learning (DL) is the latest subtype and most powerfu ...
By, Dr. Divya P Rao
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