Dr. Ekta Rishi

Senior Consultant, Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya

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Dr Ekta Rishi is Senior Consultant at Sankara Nethralya, Chennai , in the Vitreoretinal services. She did her Vitreo-retinal fellowship training at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai (1999-2001). She is also a fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow. She has 110 publications in indexed journals, has authored 14 book chapters and she has coauthored the second edition of Sankara Nethralya Fundus fluorescein Angiography Atlas (Jaypee Bros. 2012). She has conducted several instruction courses and presented many invited lectures and talks. She is the recipient of Dr Narsing Rao Best paper award in Uvea Society of India meeting in 2015 and IJO-AIOS Gold Award for the year 2016. She won the ET Selvam award and best poster in Medical Retina in AIOC 2018, Rhett Buckler Trophy for best video in American Society of Retina Specialists in 2019 and Best video award in VRSI 2019. Her areas of interest include Paediatric retinal disorders including Retinopathy of Prematurity, FEVR and their surgeries, Vitreoretinal surgery in eyes with permanent keratoprosthesis, Infections and inflammations with special interest in vitreoretinal surgery in uveitic eyes. She is a guide for postgraduate students and is a surgical mentor for vitreoretinal trainees. She has been a senior member of Hospital Infection Control Committee pivotal in designing the antibiotic policy, Needle stick injury guidelines, cluster Endophthalmitis guidelines and Avastin guidelines.

  1. Articles 1 Apr 2021 22 min read

    Bacterial Endophthalmitis - Where We Stand ?

    Endophthalmitis is a potentially devastating condition of intraocular procedures. It is an inflammation of internal coats of the eye along with inflammation of intraocular cavities i.e. aqueous and vitreous humour that occur as a result of intraocular colonization of microorganisms. It is one of the most feared complications of cataract extraction and other intraocular surgeries. Rarely, infectious endophthalmitis is the presenting feature of an underlying systemic infection. The incidence of endophthalmitis has sharply declined within two to three decades because of variations in surgical technique, scrupulous asepsis, and use of preoperative and post-operative broad-spectrum antibiotics. Classification Of Endophthalmitis: General categories include postoperative endophthalmitis (acute, delayed-onset, conjunctival filtering–bleb associated, glaucoma drainage devices associated), posttraumatic endophthalmitis (blunt or penetrating ocular trauma, foreign bodies), endophthalmitis associa

    Dr. Sugandha Goel · Dr. Ekta Rishi
  2. Articles 1 Apr 2021 20 min read

    Fungal Endophthalmitis and it's Management

    Endophthalmitis is a potentially devastating ocular disease that may lead to permanent loss of vision. It is caused by bacteria in the majority of the cases. However, fungal endophthalmitis though rare has a poor prognosis and usually diagnosed late. The incidence of fungal endophthalmitis has increased in recent years, particularly in developing countries. 1-3 Unlike bacterial infections, we do not have much choice of medications in fungal infections. The fungus is slow-growing and we have limited choice of antifungals which act slowly. These are usually diagnosed late as patients are less symptomatic but have more signs. Moreover, fungal culture takes longer time and identification requires more expertise. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques can even detect dead remnants. Patients are usually treated as bacterial infections and would have received steroids before they are diagnosed to have fungal endophthalmitis. The prognosis of fungal endophthalmitis depends on the magnitude

    Dr. Sugandha Goel · Dr. Ekta Rishi