Dr. Giridhar Anantharaman

MS, FVRS

Chief of vitreoretinal services, Giridhar Eye Institute, Kadavanthra, Cochin, India

2 articles

Dr. Giridhar completed his MBBS & MS from JIPMER, Pondicherry. He finished his sub-specialty training in Vitreo Retinal Diseases and Surgery at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai. He has over two decades of experience as a practicing Vitreo Retinal Surgeon. He has contributed significantly towards imparting education to young Ophthalmologists and also spreading awareness about Diabetes and its implications in the eye sight amongst General Practitioners and Health Workers by conducting many educational camps in the State of Kerala. He has trained over 20 young eye surgeons in Vitreo Retinal surgery and nearly 50 Ophthalmologists in Medical Retina esp. in the basic treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy which includes Ophthalmologists from remote areas where such facilities are not available. He has published over 20 articles in peer reviewed journals pertaining to retinal diseases and has delivered over 200 lectures in various National and International conferences. He has been honoured with several awards including APAO Distinguished Service Award conferred on him at APAO Congress held in Tokyo Japan in April 2014 & ASRS Honour Award for outstanding services. His primary area of interest is Diabetic Retinopathy and he has undertaken many community related activities to create awareness about diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus esp. in rural areas. His special interests include Diabetic Retinopathy, Age Related Macular Degeneration and Vitreous surgery.

  1. Articles 1 Apr 2021 20 min read

    Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

    Introduction Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy (PCV), first described by Yannuzzi et al1 in 1982, is a distinct clinical entity characterized by persistent recurrent serous leakage and hemorrhage in the macula, and is seen in the elderly population. The disorder was poorly understood earlier and had been described by various authors as recurrent pigment epithelial detachment (PED) and posterior uveal bleeding syndrome.2.5 The primary abnormality, as described by Yannuzzi et al,1, 2, 6involves the choroidal circulation, and the characteristic lesion is an inner choroidal vascular network of vessels ending in an aneurysmal bulge visible clinically as a reddish-orange spheroidal polyp like structure. More recently with improvement in choroidal imaging using Enhanced Depth Imaging and Swept-Source optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT and SS-OCT), PCV is regarded as a part of the Pachychoroid spectrum of diseases and a variant of Type I choroidal neovascularization.7, 8, 9 Epidemiology The

    Dr. Giridhar Anantharaman, MS, FVRS · Dr. Jay Sheth, DNB, FVRS
  2. Interesting Reads 1 Apr 2021 7 min read

    Ten Pearls for a Safe Vitrectomy

    This write up is based on my own learning experience over many years and what I have observed while training fellows. This also includes the common mistakes that I have made and what the fellows make during the training process. Today with micro incisional vitreous surgery (MIVS) and better fluidics, learning basic Vitrectomy is a very quick process for most trainees. I will now enumerate 10 steps which may be useful for a beginner. Step 1 Pre-operatively assess the eye to be operated. Is it the right eye or the left eye I am going to operate? Is it a sunken eye placed in a deep socket? It is more easy to operate the right eye because the dominant right hand performing most of the manoeuvre has a wide field of action. The same is not true for the left eye where the movement of the dominant right hand may be restricted because of the brow and the nose. This becomes even more pronounced in a deep-set eye. Therefore your nasal sclerotomy in the left eye should be about half clock hour tow

    Dr. Giridhar Anantharaman, MS, FVRS