Publications by authors named "Ruchita Manaktala"
Purpose: To compare visual outcomes of standard occlusion therapy at home versus clinic in amblyopic children.
Methods: A retrospective study of case records of children aged <15 years with diagnosis of strabismic or anisometropic amblyopia or both was conducted at a tertiary eye hospital located in rural North India between Jan 2017-Jan 2020. Those with at least 1 follow-up visit were included.
Scleral-fixated intraocular lens implantation in an important tool in the armamentarium of an ophthalmologist for managing aphakia. Various techniques have been described in the literature with variable learning curves. Herein, we describe an easy, fast, reproducible technique; the "MYX" technique, which utilizes the advantages of both the Yamane and the X-NIT technique, where the handshaking of the prolene haptic of a 3-piece PMMA IOL into the lumen of a 26-gauge needle is done externally (like in X-NIT technique), and the exteriorized haptic is cauterized to form a flange transconjunctivally, thereby avoiding the scleral pocket tucking (like Yamane technique), to achieve excellent surgical outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To calculate a modified percentage tissue altered (mPTA) in post laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) eyes and to validate its role as an independent factor to evaluate ectasia in the Indian population.
Methods: A total of 333 consecutive eyes with normal preoperative corneal topography by combined placido and scheimpflug imaging-based topography system (SIRIUS) who underwent LASIK using a microkeratome between 2011 and 2014 at a tertiary level teaching hospital in south India, were retrospectively analyzed. Preoperatively patient's refraction, flap thickness (FT), ablation depth (AD), residual stromal bed (RSB), and thinnest corneal thickness (TCT) were recorded.