DR. BHARATHI MEGUR (M12298)

Abstract

ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY IS A QUINTESSENTIAL SKILL WHICH EVERY CATARACT SURGEON SHOULD MASTER.BUT MANY CATARACT SURGEONS IN OUR COUNTRY HAVE PHOBIAS & IGNORANCE ABOUT MECHANISED ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY.THIS VIDEO COURSE IS FOCUSSED ON EMPOWERING THE DELEGATES WITH THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WHICH WILL MAKE THEM CONFIDENT TO DEAL WITH THEIR NEXT ENCOUNTER WITH PC TEAR & VITREOUS PROLAPSE. FROM CHOOSING THE RIGHT VITRECTOMY MACHINE, TO THE RIGHT PARAMETERS AND TO THE FINER NUANCES OF THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE, THIS COURSE WILL COVER EVERY ASPECT OF ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY. THE GOAL IS TO TRANSFER THE SKILLS TO THE DELEGATES THROUGH HIGH RESOLUTION VIDEOS AND INTERACTION . THE IMPORTANCE OF STAINING THE VITREOUS , USING THE RIGHT PARAMETERS ON THE MACHINE, AND POSITIONING OF THE VITRECTOR TO PREVENT ENLARGEMENT OF THE PC TEAR WILL ALL BE HIGHLIGHTED. BOTH THE ANTERIOR LIMBAL ROUTE AND THE POSTERIOR PARS PLANA APPROACH OF ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY WILL BE DEMONSTRATED BY EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.

1	THE OPTIONS- EVERYTHING ABOUT MACHINES, VITRECTORS, AND STERILISATION (10 mins)	Dr.H M Ravindranath	watch video
2	SETTING UP AND USING A STAND ALONE VITRECTOMY MACHINE (10 mins)	Dr. MALLIKARJUN M. HERALGI	watch video
3	PRINCIPLES OF ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY – THE BASICS (10 mins)	Dr. BHARATHI MEGUR	watch video
4	THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE OF BIMANUAL ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY ( ANTERIOR ROUTE) (10 mins)	Dr. DEEPAK MEGUR	watch video
5	ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY THROUGH POSTERIOR APPROACH- (PARS PLANA) (10 mins)	Dr. SOURABH PATWARDHAN	No video
6	KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY : DR NIAZ ABDUR RAHMAN : CATARACT SURGERY IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS – PHACO IN VITRECTOMISED EYES – (10 MINS)	DR.NIAZ ABDUR RAHMAN	watch video
	Panel Discussion : (20 mins.)