Safety and Efficacy of Mitomycin C: Augmented Trabeculectomy: Subtenon's Injection versus Sponge Application.

Objective: The objective of the study was to study the safety and efficacy of subtenon injection of mitomycin C (MMC) versus sponge application of MMC during trabeculectomy.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-seven patients having primary glaucoma warranting trabeculectomy were enrolled in the study and their forty eyes were alternately allocated into either of the two groups: subtenon injection (ST) of 0.1 mL of 0.

Nurturing Empathy through Arts, Literature, and Role Play for Postgraduate Trainees of Ophthalmology.

Background And Purpose: Empathy is essential in patient-centered compassionate health care. Lack of formal training, workload, patient factors, and digitalization have been attributed to its regression. Empathy can be nurtured by educational interventions.

Endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma of the eyelid - A diagnostic challenge.

Skin adnexal or sweat gland neoplasms are rare adnexal tumors that pose a diagnostic challenge for both ophthalmologists and pathologists. Endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma (EMPSGC) is an uncommon low grade carcinoma of eccrine ducts with a predilection to occur in the periocular region in the elderly female. We present a rare case of 65-year-old healthy male who presented with a lobulated mass in the left eye lower lid, clinically suspected as sebaceous gland carcinoma, diagnosed as endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma histopathologically.

Efficacy of a biosimilar ranibizumab monotherapy for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of a biosimilar ranibizumab (Razumab) on outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) for the first time.

Methods: This retrospective study included infants presenting with stage 3+ ROP either in zone 1 or zone 2 posterior or aggressive posterior ROP (APROP). All eligible infants received intravitreal razumab (0.

Wet Laboratory Training in Ophthalmology as a Tool for Formative Assessment.

Surgical skills training and assessment have always remained a critical issue for both trainees and trainers. Ophthalmology being a microsurgical specialty, its training in the operating theater further faces a lot of challenges. Wet laboratory training and simulation training were, therefore, developed so that residents acquired certain basic skills in controlled laboratory settings before they could operate on patients and patient safety could thereby be ensured.

Manual small-incision cataract surgery and glaucoma - A dilemma of the duo.

Both cataract and glaucoma significantly affect the quality of life of an individual and they are often found to coexist, either primarily or secondary to one another. Clear-cut guidelines are not available for this subgroup of coexistent morbidities. Through this article, we attempt to discuss the risks and benefits of staged and combined surgery, their short- and long-term effects on the intraocular pressure and pre and postoperative management.

Efficacy of supplemental Occlu-pad therapy with partial occlusion in children with refractive anisometropic amblyopia.

Purpose: To study the efficacy of supplemental occlu-pad therapy with partial occlusion in children with refractive anisometropic amblyopia.

Methods: Thirty-one children who did not improve after partial occlusion of 6 h for 6 months were supplemented with the use of occlu-pad for 1 h per day and three such sessions in a week.

Results: The mean age was 6.

Changing Assessment Scenarios: Lessons for Changing Practice.

Assessment is a process that includes ascertainment of improvement in the performance of students over time, motivation of students to study, evaluation of teaching methods, and ranking of student capabilities. It is an important component of the educational process influencing student learning. Although we have embarked on a new curricular model, assessment has remained largely ignored despite being the hallmark of competency-based education.

Unveiling endophthalmitis post COVID-19 - A case series.

Since December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has become a global pandemic. There has been a resurgence in complications involving various organs in patients recovered from COVID-19, and endophthalmitis is one of them. Endophthalmitis-an inflammation of intraocular tissues leading to loss of vision or even loss of eye-has been a rare occurrence in the past, but has been on the rise in the post-COVID-19 times.

Rise of the phoenix: Mucormycosis in COVID-19 times.

Purpose: Rhino-orbital mucormycosis in times of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Aims: The aim of the study was to document cases of rhino-orbital mucormycosis seen at our Regional Institute of Ophthalmology during COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) times.

Methods: The study is a retrospective, institutional cohort, interventional study.

Development and introduction of a communication skills module for postgraduate students of ophthalmology.

Purpose: Effective communication lies at the heart of a patient--doctor relationship. Communication skills (CS) teaching and assessment is not a part of the postgraduate (PG) curriculum. Lack of effective CS in current PG students' results in patient distrust and dissatisfaction, conflicts, and compromised healthcare.

Clinical study of fundus findings in pregnancy induced hypertension.

Background And Objectives: To study the role of ophthalmoscopy in pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) in diagnosis, prognosis, differential diagnosis, line of treatment and effect of treatment.

Materials And Methods: An observational study in which all the patients for the study are selected from antenatal clinic, antenatal wards and preeclampsia and eclampsia room in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Ophthalmic Out Patient Department (OPD) in case of ambulatory patients, during the period of Nov. 2003 to June 2006 randomly.

Effect of benzalkonium chloride-free latanoprost ophthalmic solution on ocular surface in patients with glaucoma.

Introduction: Benzalkonium chloride (BAK), included as a preservative in many topical treatments for glaucoma, induces significant toxicity and alters tear breakup time (TBUT). BAK-containing latanoprost, an ester prodrug of prostaglandin F2α, can cause ocular adverse events (AEs) associated with BAK. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BAK-free latanoprost.

Utility of Ganglion Cell Complex Analysis in Early Diagnosis and Monitoring of Glaucoma using a Different Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.

Purpose: To determine the importance of ganglion cell complex (GCC) analysis as a parameter for early diagnosis of glaucoma and for following glaucoma progression and to compare glaucoma progression with conventional visual field analysis using a different type of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).

Materials And Methods: Two hundred eyes including 68 normal eyes, 70 eyes with pre-perimetric glaucoma and 62 eyes with perimetric glaucoma were analyzed in this prospective study undertaken during Jan 2013 to Dec 2013 in a tertiary ophthalmology institute. Automated visual field examination was done to group the subjects in above three categories.