I recently attended the Widows and Orphans annual banquet which is a 165 year old medical society in Charleston, SC. The guest speaker was Rudolph Rustin, MD who recently completed 1 1/2 years ...
I recently attended the Widows and Orphans annual banquet which is a 165 year old medical society in Charleston, SC. The guest speaker was Rudolph ...
The International Council of Ophthalmology ( ICO ) Course for Ophthalmic Educators mentioned an available Australian grading program for diabetic ...
The International Council of Ophthalmology ( ICO ) Course for Ophthalmic Educators mentioned an available ...
What I would like to do is summarize my experiences at the Academy this October. What I learned and took away from the Academy which might be useful in a developing world setting. As usual I will not ...
What I would like to do is summarize my experiences at the Academy this October. What I learned and took away from the Academy which might be useful ...
Chapter 16 Corneal And External Diseases has sub-sections on microbial keratitis, viral infections, keratoconjunctivitis, acanthamoeba --- ocular manifestations, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, ...
Chapter 16 Corneal And External Diseases has sub-sections on microbial keratitis, viral infections, keratoconjunctivitis, acanthamoeba --- ocular ...
Section 2 Methodology was useful for the novice, such as myself, in epidemiology ---- what are cross - sectional studies, bias, cluster sampling, rapid assessment of avoidable blindness ( RAAB ), ...
Section 2 Methodology was useful for the novice, such as myself, in epidemiology ---- what are cross - sectional studies, bias, cluster sampling, ...
In the next several blogs I would like to review and summarize : Epidemiology Of Eye Disease 3rd edition by Gordon Johnson, Darwin Minassian, Robert Weale , and Sheila West. Imperial College Press. ...
In the next several blogs I would like to review and summarize : Epidemiology Of Eye Disease 3rd edition by Gordon Johnson, Darwin Minassian, Robert ...
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, cataracts being number one. Unfortunately glaucoma is often poorly diagnosed and managed. With the next several ...
From the RANZCO Congress - November 2013 (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists - http://www.ranzco.edu/), comes the Hollows lecture given by Dr. Nitin Verma as a must see ...
From the RANZCO Congress - November 2013 (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists - http://www.ranzco.edu/), comes the ...
Don't miss this exciting video produced by PBS in their series called Rx for Survival. This feature tells the story of how Dr. Al Sommer while studying night blindness discovered how important ...
Don't miss this exciting video produced by PBS in their series called Rx for Survival. This feature tells the story of how Dr. Al Sommer while ...
Below are some random information / suggestions from subspecialty symposiums , courses, etc. plus my input. Authors ( credit ) will not be acknowledged.
Bromfenac ( Xibrom ) 0.09% and ...
Below are some random information / suggestions from subspecialty symposiums , courses, etc. plus my input. Authors ( credit ) will not be ...
Dr. Michael and Jessica Feilmeier from the Univ. of Nebraska, Global Blindness Prevention Division ( OpeningEyes Curing Blindness ) have established a web site (www.openingeyes.org) that will ...
I wanted to continue my review of Dr. John Cheatham's booklet "Reaching The Blind Poor". John died in 2009 and his obituary ( "A Life Without Furniture" ) is posted here on Global Sight Network. His ...
I wanted to continue my review of Dr. John Cheatham's booklet "Reaching The Blind Poor". John died in 2009 and his obituary ( "A Life Without ...
Below is my check list when visiting rural or isolated eye clinics. This is not a list for the O.R. but rather for outreach activities when seeing patients with or without other eye health workers. ...
Below is my check list when visiting rural or isolated eye clinics. This is not a list for the O.R. but rather for outreach activities when seeing ...
Many years ago while serving as a general medical officer at the National Leprosarium ( Carville ), I was privileged to work with Dr. Margaret Brand, British ophthalmologist, who had spent over 25 ...
Many years ago while serving as a general medical officer at the National Leprosarium ( Carville ), I was privileged to work with Dr. Margaret Brand, ...
Here are some tips that I'd like to offer anyone who finds them useful. They are in many different areas that I have found helpful.
1. With juvenile cataracts be careful with ...
Here are some tips that I'd like to offer anyone who finds them useful. They are in many different areas that I have found helpful.
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Cable News Network featured a story on river blindness in the world and how the Carter Center has been helping with the effort to eliminate the ...
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Free Full Text at <www.ijo.in>
In conjunction with the 9th General Assembly 2012 of the Int. Agency for the ...
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Free Full Text at <www.ijo.in>
In conjunction with the 9th ...
IAPB, 9th General Assembly
Eye Health : Everyone's Business
September 17-20, 2012 Hyderabad, India
The IAPB is an umbrella coordinating organization of over 120 members which was founded in 1978 by ...
IAPB, 9th General Assembly
Eye Health : Everyone's Business
September 17-20, 2012 Hyderabad, India
The IAPB is an umbrella coordinating organization ...
The Tilganga Eye Center has produced a "Standard Operating Procedure Manual For: Modern Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS)." This is a NON-Phaco procedure.
A special thanks to all ...
Over the last 15 years plus of operating on mature cataracts, I have not uncommonly encountered an iris prolapse during the operation. Usually this is near the beginning of the operation. There ...
Over the last 15 years plus of operating on mature cataracts, I have not uncommonly encountered an iris prolapse during the operation. Usually this ...
Complication rates of phacoemulsification and manual small-incision cataract surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital
Aravind Haripriya, MD, David F. Chang, MD, Mascarenhas Reena, MS, Madhu Shekhar, MS
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Complication rates of phacoemulsification and manual small-incision cataract surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital
Aravind Haripriya, MD, David F. Chang, ...
Last year the IAPB and WHO released the latest figures for world blindness. The good news is the world blindness numbers have turned downward. There previously had been rather ...
Last year the IAPB and WHO released the latest figures for world blindness. The good news is the world blindness numbers have ...
I am writing concerning the AAO / Rotary Host an Ophthalmologist program which has existed for ten years and has resulted in 73 young ophthalmologists from developing world countries visiting the ...
I am writing concerning the AAO / Rotary Host an Ophthalmologist program which has existed for ten years and has resulted in 73 young ...
We were 4 surgeons performing 580 cataracts and 5 minor procedures. We started at 8.30 Am and finished at 8 PM, we had one hour lunch time. Besides that we are performing 350 to 400 surgeries every ...
We were 4 surgeons performing 580 cataracts and 5 minor procedures. We started at 8.30 Am and finished at 8 PM, we had one hour lunch time. Besides ...
Rengaraj Venkatesh and David Chang et al have just released a report in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology March/April issue reviewing the safety and efficacy of manual small incision cataract ...
Rengaraj Venkatesh and David Chang et al have just released a report in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology March/April issue reviewing the ...
Although I would not recommend using expired drops in the States or if other choices are available, I have used expired eye drops in many eye situations in many countries over many years. I have ...
Although I would not recommend using expired drops in the States or if other choices are available, I have used expired eye drops in many eye ...
Unfortunately corneal fungal ulcers often present quite late in the developing world. There is usually a history of minor injury [ abrasion ] to the eye with plant or vegetable material. Often the ...
Unfortunately corneal fungal ulcers often present quite late in the developing world. There is usually a history of minor injury [ abrasion ] to the ...
Ideally the visiting eye team / surgeon should be seeing and operating on poor patients rather than middle class patients. If you are operating on middle class patients than you might be ...
Ideally the visiting eye team / surgeon should be seeing and operating on poor patients rather than middle class patients. If you are operating ...
In cases of subluxated lens, zonular dehiscence, vitreous in A.C. pre op, or the need for secondary lens exchange with a posterior capsule rent, I would strongly recommend pre op IV mannitol.
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In cases of subluxated lens, zonular dehiscence, vitreous in A.C. pre op, or the need for secondary lens exchange with a posterior capsule ...
Your supply of fluorescein strips can be extended [ prolonged ] by cutting each strip in half lengthwise. See attachment. Each " half " strip is enough to check the IOP in both eyes.This will ...
Your supply of fluorescein strips can be extended [ prolonged ] by cutting each strip in half lengthwise. See attachment. Each " half " strip is ...
Fluorescein drops can be made in the eye clinic by adding 0.4 ml of a 10% fluorescein solution [ such as what is used for IV fluorescein angiography ] to a 15 ml eye drop bottle of proparacaine or ...
Fluorescein drops can be made in the eye clinic by adding 0.4 ml of a 10% fluorescein solution [ such as what is used for IV fluorescein angiography ...
My deceased good friend, John Cheatham MD, used to get upset how many times poor patients in the developing world were required to come back, over and over, prior to having a local ...
My deceased good friend, John Cheatham MD, used to get upset how many times poor patients in the developing world were required to come ...
I recently received a copy of Dr. William Dean's DVD " Sutureless ECCE " which is excellent. His DVD shows clearly the manual small incision cataract extraction technique. One nice thing, there ...
I recently received a copy of Dr. William Dean's DVD " Sutureless ECCE " which is excellent. His DVD shows clearly the manual small incision ...
Seeing patients with markedly updrawn pupils, for whatever reason, is not rare in the developing world. When living previously in east Africa, I used to operate on these patients, using ...
Seeing patients with markedly updrawn pupils, for whatever reason, is not rare in the developing world. When living previously in east Africa, ...
I am currently in Belize and last week was almost out of all goniodrops with no possible in country replacement for any hydroxypropyl methycellose. I was actually diluting the ...
I am currently in Belize and last week was almost out of all goniodrops with no possible in country replacement for any hydroxypropyl ...
Here are a great list of very useful websites for reference of for teaching ophthalmology. Some of them have excellent resources for the developing world.
Here are a great list of very useful websites for reference of for teaching ophthalmology. Some of them have excellent resources for the ...
In the developing world, depending on the location, most ophthalmic surgeons are still doing standard extracapsular lens extraction with sutures and pc IOL insertion. This is a fine operation that ...
In the developing world, depending on the location, most ophthalmic surgeons are still doing standard extracapsular lens extraction with sutures and ...
If you are in the O.R. and having difficulty cutting a fibrotic, rubbery, tenacious anterior capsule, pupillary membrane, or cocoon [ capsule ] wrapped around an implant, then help may be ...
If you are in the O.R. and having difficulty cutting a fibrotic, rubbery, tenacious anterior capsule, pupillary membrane, or cocoon [ capsule ...
Use one needle and two syringes. I prefer a 27gauge 1 1/4 inch needle which is usually readily available and much cheaper than the retrobulbar needles.
The first syringe should contain 4 ml Xylocaine ...
Use one needle and two syringes. I prefer a 27gauge 1 1/4 inch needle which is usually readily available and much cheaper than the retrobulbar ...
Ophthalmic Pearls for on the field
Corneal ulcers with a perforation and a positive Seidel test often represent an ocular emergency if the eye is to be saved. In developing countries, corneal ...
Ophthalmic Pearls for on the field
Corneal ulcers with a perforation and a positive Seidel test often represent an ocular emergency if the eye is to ...
If you are ever operating and find yourself without a working cautery, there are some options. You can simply use a muscle hook and heat it up with a candle. The candle gives off carbon which ...
If you are ever operating and find yourself without a working cautery, there are some options. You can simply use a muscle hook and heat it up ...
In the developing world, mitomycin can be frozen and stored for up to one year. Mitomycin comes as a 5 mg powder. Add 20 ml sterile water and this will make a 0.25 mg/ ml concentration. You can then ...
In the developing world, mitomycin can be frozen and stored for up to one year. Mitomycin comes as a 5 mg powder. Add 20 ml sterile water and this ...
I was taught and have find that SIMCE is a viscoelastic operation. I use a lot of viscoelastic material to protect the endothelium. The incidence of Fuch's / guttata / bullous ...
I was taught and have find that SIMCE is a viscoelastic operation. I use a lot of viscoelastic material to protect the endothelium. The ...
KCCO Provides New Manuals
KCCO has now received copies of the following two manuals.
Childhood Cataract in Africa (French edition)
The very popular ...
KCCO Provides New Manuals
KCCO has now received copies of the following two manuals.
Childhood Cataract in ...
