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   Short Term Phacoemulsification Courses in India

   Centre for Sight, New Delhi Duration of Fellowship: 3 months Mode of Selection: Written exam and Interview Webpage Email: fellowship@centreforsight.net Contact number: Dr. Tulika Chauhan +91-9535133800 Session: Every 3 Months: JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, OCTOBER Course Fee: Rs. 50,000 H. V. Desai Eye Hospital, Pune, India Duration of Fellowship: 1 Month Mode of Selection: Interview Webpage Email: desaieyehospital@hvdeh.org Contact number: 020-26974101 Session: Every Month Fee: INR 65,000(Indian Citizens), $ 3,500 (International Trainee) + 18% GST Laxmi Eye Institute/ Laxmi Charitable Trust, Mumbai Duration of Fellowship: 2 to 6 weeks Mode of Selection: Interview Webpage Email: phacotraining@laxmieye.org ceo@laxmieye.org / hr@laxmieye.org Contact number: Dr. Vijay Shetty 09819860859 9594986836 Session: Monthly Course Fee: NA MGM Eye Institute, Raipur Duration of Fellowship: 1 month Mode of Selection: Interview Webpage Email: info@mgmeye.org, deepshikha@mgmeye.org Contact number: Dr. Deepshikh

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   Ten Pearls for the Diagnosis & Management of Binocular Vision Anomalies

   The prevalence of non-strabismic binocular vision anomalies is on the rise over the last decade. The prevalence reports from various parts of the globe quote a high prevalence ranging between 28.5-31.5% among school children (1,2). It is also shown in a recent study that clinically significant convergence insufficiency can impair stereo-acuity in children necessitating the diagnosis and management of convergence insufficiency (3). Here are some pearls to ensure accurate diagnosis and provide appropriate management to patients afflicted with binocular vision anomalies. This article specifically focuses on non-strabismic binocular vision anomalies as they are often missed out due to their latent nature, unlike strabismic anomalies. The efficiency of the visual system is beyond 20/20 Many eye care practitioners unfortunately still assume that 20/20 visual acuity ensures an optimally functioning visual system. The efficiency of the visual system is not just dependent on the integrity of th

   Dr. Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen M.Phil, M.Phil Opt, Ph.D.,FCOVD-I, FAAO
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   Optic Nerve Anatomy , Clinical Examination and Clinical Importance

   Dr. Thejus . B
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   Color Vision

   Color Vision

   Dr. Nitya Raghu
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   i-File: Vogt-Koyanagi - Harada disease

   Brief Scenario of the case: A 25 year-old-female, resident of Rajasthan presented to us with the chief complaints of diminution of vision in the right eye for a period of 3 days and redness with mild pain in both eyes for one month. History of Present Illness: The patient was apparently well 3 days back when she started to develop diminution of vision in her right eye. She had mild pain and redness in both her eyes for the last one month. Past Ocular History: She was diagnosed as a case of right eye choroiditis elsewhere. Routine blood counts were normal. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was 22mm in the first hour. Veneral Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test was negative. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) test was negative. Past Medical History/ History of Medication: The patient was using topical steroids and cycloplegic eye drops. No history of tuberculosis or any systemic disease. Family History: There was no significant family history. Review of Systems/Systemic Examinatio

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   Seven Points You Should Know about Mucormycosis

   What is Mucormycosis? Mucormycosis is a fungus that is ubiquitous. This organism is present in the soil and all around us and is also a commensal that is present in the nose and oropharynx. It is an opportunistic organism – this means that it invades and causes infection only when the host’s immune system is compromised. A normal healthy person’s immune system would easily be able to fight a fungal infection like mucormycosis. It invades the nose and the paranasal sinuses. It then gradually spreads to the neighboring structures which is the orbit-it then affects the extraocular muscles, the optic nerve and the orbital apex beyond which it then spreads intracranially involving the cavernous sinus, the leptomeninges, and the brain. This form of invasive mucormycosis which is the commonest clinical manifestation is called Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis (ROCM). Why are we seeing so much of it now? Typically one would come across fewer than a handful of cases of mucormycosis in an enti

   Dr. Akshay Gopinathan Nair
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   Smartphone Gonio-imaging: The Truly Frugal Indian Revolution

   Introduction: Gonioscopy is the evaluation of the angle of the anterior chamber, a term coined by Alexios Tarantas.[1] It is one of the three important components to diagnose and classify glaucoma, the visual field changes and the optic nerve head evaluation being the other two. This clinical skill which should be performed on each patient visiting the clinic for the first time is not performed as much as it should be, the deficit fuelled by the enigma of it being one of the most difficult skills to be acquired in any clinical evaluation. Dr Wallace Alward, a doyen in the field of gonioscopy had recently delivered a talk which was titled “Gonioscopy: Still a State of Art after 100 years”.[2] This title beautifully sums up the gap between the demand and its supply. This deficit does not seem to be fulfilled in near future by the conventional examination techniques. So, the field of ophthalmology needs to move to a method that is frugal, easily operable, reproducible, and should hold val

   Dr. Nilesh Kumar
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   Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation: A Review

   I. Introduction The cornea is lined by non-keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium. At the limbus, there is a gradual transition of these cells to non-keratinized, stratified columnar epithelial cells, along with mucin-secreting goblet cells, forming the conjunctival epithelium. The corneoscleral limbus lies between these two epithelia in a healthy eye. The limbus contains palisades of Vogt, the basal layer of which function as a repository for the corneal epithelial stem cells.(1, 2) These limbal epithelial stem cells (LESC’s) divide whenever the corneal epithelium is required to be replenished. As the stem cells divide, one of the daughter cells retains the primitive nature of the parent cell and functions to maintain the stem cell pool. The other daughter stem cell differentiates to acquire the physiological nature of a specific tissue, like the corneal epithelium. These cells are known as ‘transient amplifying cells’, which then divide and migrate centripetally, circumferential

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   Ophthalmic Surgical Instruments

   Ophthalmic Surgical Instruments

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    Microbial Keratitis

    Microbial Keratitis

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