DR. SAMENDRA KARKHUR (K16065)
Abstract
DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN UVEITIS HAVE COME A LONG WAY. THIS HAS ENABLED US TO IDENTIFY ETIOLOGICAL CAUSES, FOR A LARGER NUMBER OF UVEITIS CASES – WHICH WERE EARLIER BRANDED IDIOPATHIC. WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS BY UTILIZING WELL ESTABLISHED AND STANDARD DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS. MULTIMODAL IMAGING HAS ENHANCED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE PROCESS AND MONITORING THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE. THE ROLE OF MICRO-INCISION VITRECTOMY SURGERY HAS ALLOWED US A GREATER ACCESS TO THE POSTERIOR SEGMENT IN COLLECTING SAMPLES WITH HIGHER YIELD AND IN A MINIMALLY INVASIVE WAY. THESE TECHNIQUES COMBINED WITH MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC SUCH AS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND CYTOKINES ASSAY, GIVE A QUICKER AND MORE SPECIFIC DIAGNOSES. THIS HELPS IN EARLY INITIATION OF SPECIFIC THERAPY WHILE REDUCING BLANKET USE OF CORTICOSTEROIDS. HOWEVER, IN THE BACKDROP OF THIS MODERN ARMAMENTARIUM, THE AGE-OLD METHODS OF DETAILED HISTORY TAKING, NAMING & MESHING, METICULOUS EXAMINATION AND TARGETED INVESTIGATION SEEM TO HAVE FADED.
| 1 | ROLE OF NAMING & MESHING IN UVEITIS CASE WORK-UP. OUTLINING BASIC CLINICAL WORK-UP & ITS RELEVANCE. (10 mins) | DR. NITIN KUMAR | watch video |
| 2 | ROLE OF MULTIMODAL IMAGING IN UVEITIS DIAGNOSTICS – DOES IT ADD VALUE? (10 mins) | DR. ANIRUDDHA AGARWAL | watch video |
| 3 | DIAGNOSING & MANAGING TUBERCULAR UVEITIS – ATT, STEROIDS, IMMUNOSUPPRESSION! DECIDING THE GAME-PLAN! (10 mins) | Dr. BRUTTENDU MOHARANA | |
| 4 | LOSING CONTROL IN COMPLEX UVEITIS CASES – DID I REFER, RETAIN OR SEEK SECOND OPINION IN MY CASES! (10 mins) | Dr. SWAPNIL PARCHAND | watch video |
| 5 | WHEN EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS NON-RESPONSIVE UVEITIS… THE ENIGMA AND DILEMMA OF MASQUERADES! (10 mins) | DR. SAMENDRA KARKHUR | watch video |
| 6 | NEED FOR EXTENSIVE, EXPENSIVE & ELABORATE LAB. TESTS AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS? EXPERT’S VIEW! (15 mins) | DR. PADMAMALINI MAHENDRA DAS | watch video |
| Panel Discussion : (10 mins.) |
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