Ten Tips for Beginners to Start Vitreoretinal Practice
1. Higher cause/vision and mission statement : Setting up a vitreoretinal surgery / medical retina practice should come with a higher calling apart from simply making a living. It is very important to have one to sail through tough initial months or years till your practice reached a break-even point. Till the business starts making money this higher calling will keep up your spirits high and moti...Read More
Ten Yoga Poses Every ophthalmologist Should Know & Practise
Doctors, both frontline COVID warriors, and practitioners are passing through one of the most challenging phases in their professional careers. A recent survey article in the “Indian journal of ophthalmology “ showed alarming levels of depression and suicidal tendencies among ophthalmologists during this lockdown. Practicing yoga postures will definitely help to uplift and balance your energies on...Read More
How to search PubMed: A Ready Reckoner for Postgraduates
“Search or perish” A thorough and up-to-date knowledge of the subject is indispensible for both patient care and academics. A good literature search is an essential pre-requisite for performing quality research. It is a key step in formulating a research question, planning a study, and interpreting and discussing the results. In addition, this may be required during writing thesis or manuscripts f...Read More
Ten Things You Should Know about 3D Viewing System in Ophthalmology
1. Evolution of this latest state of the art technology in ophthalmology: Three-dimensional (3D) display systems were first developed for aircraft and military use. The term “heads-up surgery” derived from the so-called “head-up display”, a display system first used in aircraft flight decks that projects an image into the normal field of view. This display system allows visualization in a “heads-u...Read More
Ten Pearls to Write a Case Report
A thorough and detailed analysis of a single patient history, clinical presentation, course, and outcomes often helps in improving our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of disease. However, at times, there are certain nuances in every patient that cannot be explained by large dataset-based manuscripts, where there is every chance that several minor, but relevant aspects can be ign...Read More
The catch phrase ‘Publish or perish’ among the scientific community to mean ‘either publish your research or lose your job’ is a constant threat that hangs like a Damocles’ sword on their heads. ‘Publish or perish’ also signifies the reality and pressures for progress of science in the world of academia that is becoming hugely competitive. In an increasingly connected and globalized world, nobody,...Read More
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...Read More
Ten Tips on Textbooks to Thrive in Ophthalmology
At the very outset, please allow us to congratulate you on having chosen to specialize in ophthalmology. Welcome to this fascinating world! Most of us breeze through ophthalmology during our MBBS by reading either Parsons or any other textbook available out there which suits us. Unlike, say medicine, where we are familiar with books like Harrison's, in ophthalmology, we find it rarely necessar...Read More
Mirrorless Camera Assisted Ophthalmic Surgery Recording Systems
Introduction Surgical videos are an invaluable medium for surgical education. They allow not only for objective assessment & informative audits but also permit introspective critical analyses of surgical techniques. One may be doing a fantabulous job in his / her operating room but shall never be able to share his/her experience and skill unless the surgical video is recorded in good quality. One ...Read More
New normal - Tenets with Cataract Surgery Every Ophthalmologist Should Know during COVID-19 pandemic
Introduction: Cataract is the second most common cause of preventable blindness worldwide and the most common cause of preventable blindness in India, affecting nearly 65.2 million worldwide [1-5]. To control the number, a high cataract surgery rate (CSR) is required. Sudden lockdown due to the current pandemic led to the cessation of elective cataract surgery [6,7], causing a sharp decline in the...Read More