Category Archives: AIOS Times Issue-2, 2018

DREAM Trial The Dry Eye Assessment and Management (DREAM) trial was designed to provide comprehensive information on the effects of n–3 fatty acid supplementation on dry eye disease. It was a double-masked, randomized, multicenter clinical trial. The trial included 535 patients with moderate-to-severe dry eye disease randomized 2:1 into a treatment group (daily oral dose […]

Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Sinha Professor, Dr. RP centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, india Isotretinoin may not be a contraindication for keratorefractive surgery Ortega-Usobiaga et al evaluated the functional outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in patients taking isotretinoin, a drug which is considered a contraindication for these procedures. […]

Dr. Apjit Kaur King George’s Medical University Lucknow Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma The American Academy of Ophthalmology reported a review of literature on Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma. Michael T Yen et al reviewed the current treatment options, evaluating the outcomes and complications related to therapy. The authors followed the rating scale developed by the Oxford Centre for […]

Dr. Jitendra Jethani, MS, Do, DNB, FNN Director, Baroda Children Eye Care And Squint Clinic, Vadodara Dr. Siddharth Kesarwani Chief consultant, Jnr Children Eye Care Centre and Squint Clinic, Mumbai Plication versus resection Plication is a relatively new procedure as an alternate to resection with an advantage of being reversible and potentially vessel sparing. Concerns […]

Dr. Aditya Pradhan Consultant, Cornea and External Disease, Disha Eye Hospitals pvt. ltd., Kolkata Povidone iodine (PVP-I) and Dexamethasone in adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis (ADKC) Conjunctivitis is one of the most common conditions treated by ophthalmologists. It carries a significant morbidity with it in terms of loss of working hours, crossinfection and visual impairment. Adenoviruses are the […]

Dr. Satya Karna Associate Director, Ophthalmology, Jaypee Hospital, Noida High-field MRI scanning Siemens won FDA clearance to introduce its 7 Tesla MRI scanner, the MAGNETOM Terra, last year. The device won European regulatory approval in August 2017, kicking off an age of high-field MRI scanning that produces imaging details previously unavailable in a clinical setting. […]

Prof. Rohit Saxena Professor, Dr. RP Centre For Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi The next ophthalmologist to get the nobel prize will be one who deciphers the myopia puzzle Myopia is a leading cause of visual disability throughout the world with mounting evidence that it is on the rise. A recent study estimated that 30% […]

Changes call for innovation and innovation leads to progress Dr. Meenakshi Swaminathan, MS Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology Sankara Nethralya, Chennai Strabismus is an area that has continuously evolved over the last century. The evolution has been in areas of etiopathogenesis, imaging for strabismus, newer treatments, both surgical and non-surgical. The etiology of many strabismus disorders […]

“A joy that’s shared is a joy made double.” Gautam Singh Parmar Consultant & Head Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya Chitrakoot, MP Introduction Hemi-Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (hemi-DMEK) is a latest modification of conventional Descemet membrane endothelial kerato-plasty (DMEK). It differs from the conventional DMEK only in the graft shape because instead of a circular trephined DMEK […]

Newer Techniques Around the Horizon Geeta K Vemuganti School of Medical Sciences University of Hyderabad Ophthalmic Pathology, like all branches of pathology encompasses, the essential nature of disease, especially of the structural and functional changes in tissues that cause or are caused by disease. It has contributed significantly to the understanding of disease process including […]