Dr. Prerana Tripathi

DO, DNB, FICO

Fellow, Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Sankara Eye Hospital, Bengaluru

2 articles

Dr Sowmya R , works as a senior consultant in Dept of Pediatric ophthalmology and Strabismus at Sankara eye hospital, Bengaluru. She has been given best student award every year in her school days. She graduated from Vijayanagara institute of medical sciences Bellary as the Best outgoing student of her batch . Finished her postgraduation from Mysore medical college and stood second for the university . Being passionate about strabismus, did her fellowship from Sankara Nethralaya Chennai in 2010 . Post fellowship she joined Sankara Eye Hospital. Actively involved in teaching and mentoring DNB students , fellows in Pediatric Ophthalmology and strabismus in the institute. She has been chief instructor for IC at state conferences every year and co- instructor at all India conferences. Been invited for talks at various conferences and CMEs . She has been instrumental in organising the annual post graduate update programme 3rd eye PG UPDATE at her institute since last 8 years .She has won best video award at SPOSI 2016 and best paper in optics session at Karnataka state conference 2018 . She is very passionate about teaching and making the subject simple and interesting. She has nearly 12 publications in various indexed journals. Modified Nishida s procedure (newer transposition procedure) for MED published in JAAPOS was the first report ever of this procedure for MED. Apart from teaching and surgeries, she enjoys photography ,writing and travelling .

  1. Students Gallery 2 Apr 2021 13 min read

    How to examine a case of strabismus ?

    There is no substitute to good history obtained at the start of the examination As history gives us a direction to look for, and find pertinent signs aiding in diagnosis and management. The various presenting complaints could range from abnormal head posture, deviation noticed by parents or friends, intermittent eye closure, double vision and so on. Some important points to be noted in patients with squint include, Family history of squint and wear of glasses (amongst parents, siblings and distant relatives) Personal history starting from birth history- Factors such as prematurity and birth weight, nature of delivery (normal/forceps/cesarean) Deviation – the age at which it was noticed, the direction of deviation (inward/ outward/ other) the eye deviated, constant or intermittent nature of deviation. Further, if deviation becomes more obvious when the child is inattentive, tired or ill. The diurnal or cyclic pattern if any also has to be noted. Any history of convulsion, illness or tra

    Dr. Sowmya R, MS,FMRF, FAICO · Dr. Prerana Tripathi, DO, DNB, FICO
  2. Articles 1 Apr 2021 12 min read

    Duanes Retraction Syndrome Made Ridiculously Simple

    Synonyms: Stilling–Turk–Duane syndrome. Duane Retraction Syndrome is a type of congenital cranial dysinnervation which occurs in 1-4% of strabismus cases. It has varied presentation mostly involving variable horizontal duction deficits, with narrowing of the palpebral fissure and globe retraction on attempted adduction, occasionally accompanied by upshoot or down shoots Etiopathogenesis Various theories have been proposed earlier for the cause of DRS but currently, the most accepted theory is that of innervational anomalies which leads to all the features of DRS. It is considered to be a part of congenital cranial dysinnervation syndrome as it’s a developmental anomaly of the 6th cranial nerve or its nucleus leading to innervational deficiency of lateral rectus muscle which might be associated with secondary innervational abnormality with Medial rectus. The lack of normal innervations of lateral rectus was proved by electromyographic studies. It is also associated with paradoxical inne

    Dr. Prerana Tripathi, DO, DNB, FICO · Dr. Sowmya R, MS,FMRF, FAICO