Keratoprosthesis in dry eye disease.

Bilateral corneal blindness with severe dry eye disease (DED), total limbal stem cell deficiency with underlying corneal stromal scarring and vascularization, combined with adnexal complications secondary to chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis is a highly complex situation to treat. In such eyes, procedures such as penetrating keratoplasty alone or combined with limbal stem cell transplantation are doomed to fail. In these eyes, keratoprosthesis (Kpro) or an artificial cornea is the most viable option, eliminating corneal blindness even in eyes with autoimmune disorders such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome, ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid, Sjogren's syndrome, and nonautoimmune disorders such as chemical/thermal ocular burns, all of which are complex pathologies.

All India Ophthalmological Society - Eye Bank Association of India consensus statement on guidelines for cornea and eyebanking during COVID-19 era.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it the huge burden of mortality and morbidity across the world and the added effects of the mandatory lockdown measures to try and control the spread. A number of aspects of healthcare including eye donation and eye collection require adequate safety precautions in place to keep both the involved healthcare workers and patients safe. This paper highlights the consensus-based guidelines by an expert panel on how to restart eye banking and eye collection services and carry out emergency corneal surgeries during this COVID-19 time.

Residency Evaluation and Adherence Design Study III: Ophthalmology residency training in India: Then and now-Improving with time?

Purpose: To gauge the differences in ophthalmology residency training, academic, clinical and surgical, in the last three decades of the 20 century and the first decade of the 21 century.

Methods: A survey was conducted by the Academic and Research Committee of the All India Ophthalmological Society, in 2014-2016, using a prevalidated questionnaire, which was circulated to ophthalmologists to gauge the practicality of the teaching protocols of clinical and surgical skills during postgraduate residency program.

Results: Of the 1005 respondents, 320 ophthalmologists who completed residency between 1967 and 2002 (20 century trained) and 531 who completed a residency in 2003-2012 (21 century trained) fulfilled the inclusion criteria.

Asian experience with the Pintucci keratoprosthesis.

Purpose: To report the outcome of a retrospective study of the Pintucci Biointegrable Keratoprosthesis (PBIKP) in Asian eyes.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of 31 eyes of 31 consecutive patients, who underwent surgery with implantation of the PBIKP. The age ranged from 7 years to 65 years, with a mean age of 34 years.