Dr.SHRINIVAS M. JOSHI

, Dr. GIRIRAJ VIBHUTE, Dr. APOORVA A.G., Prof.A.S. GURUPRASAD

Abstract

Trauma: it has a way of being innovative, challenging the surgeons every time with something different.

As such, operating in traumatic retinal detachments is difficult enough and then there comes Murphy saying what if I don’t give him enough view… can he do his job …?

Presenting a few such cases including story of a 22-year-old construction worker, where the metal shard pierced his eye causing a large corneal tear. Immediate corneal tear repair was done, and VR surgery was done 1 week later. Surgeries were done through a small zone of clear cornea available which we called as Window of Hope!

Surgery was done using digitally assisted vitrectomy system, intra operative OCT and with a lot of prayers…

Even though the surgery was challenging due to poor visualization, Seeing the happy patient in the end, Trauma doesn’t seem so traumatizing anymore.

Let the hope prevail!!!