Dr. Rinal Pandit

Glaucoma and Anterior segment surgeon at Raghudeep eye hospital, Ahmedabad.

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Dr. Rinal Pandit obtained her Masters degree in Ophthalmology in the year 2017 from C.H.Nagri eye hospital, Ahmedabad. Thereafter, she went on to pursue a long term fellowship in Glaucoma at the Sankara Nethralaya eye institute, Chennai. She is presently working as a glaucoma and anterior segment surgeon at Raghudeep eye hospital, Ahmedabad. She has several presentations at various state and national conferences to her credit. Her areas of interest are medical and surgical glaucoma with special interest in pediatric glaucoma.

  1. Articles 1 Apr 2021 16 min read

    Valved Drainage Devices for Pediatric Glaucoma

    Introduction Pediatric glaucoma includes a wide variety of conditions that result in elevated intraocular pressure and optic nerve damage, ranging from primary congenital glaucoma since birth to developmental glaucoma associated with other diseases and acquired glaucoma secondary to multiple causes. Depending on the age of the patient, it presents with particular features and circumstances that need to be taken into account and frequently require surgical intervention. Glaucoma drainage implant surgery has a definitive role in managing infants and other children with glaucoma refractory to angle surgery and trabeculectomy. GDDs are even preferred nowadays as a primary procedure in selected cases where other surgeries are contraindicated or have very few chances to succeed. Furthermore, it has been found that 20% of pediatric glaucoma patients often require 2 or more surgical procedures for adequate IOP control, and GDDs are frequently used in the second or third surgical attempt.1 Glau

    Dr. Rinal Pandit · Dr. Abhay Raghukant Vasavada