DR. MADHAVI RAMANATHA PILLAI (M16856)

Abstract

PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE DISEASE IS A PROTEAN DISEASE WITH A DIFFERING INCIDENCE, INDETERMINATE INITIAL STAGES AND HAS A VARIED PRESENTATION.ANGLE CLOSURE DISEASE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY HALF OF THE WORLD’S IRREVERSIBLE BLINDNESS DUE TO GLAUCOMA.DESPITE THIS,A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH ANGLE CLOSURE DISEASE ARE MISDIAGNOSED AS OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA.PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST HALF OF ALL ADULT PRIMARY GLAUCOMAS SEEN IN A HOSPITAL SETTING IN INDIA.SURGERY IN ANGLE CLOSURE IS YET ANOTHER BALL GAME,WHICH POSES A MAMMOTH CHALLENGE.OUTCOMES ARE LESS FAVORABLE COMPARED TO OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA.THE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH RISK OF FAILURE AND ALSO DRAMATIC COMPLICATIONS,WHICH TENDS TO BE A NIGHTMARE FOR THE SURGEONS.THIS VIDEO ASSISTED COURSE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE DISEASE,ADVANCES IN IMAGING AND DETAILED “HINTS AND HACKS” FOR SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OUTCOMES IN NARROW EYES.

1	UNDERSTANDING ANGLE CLOSURE DISEASE- CURRENT CONCEPTS (6 mins)	Dr.INDIRA DURAI	watch video
2	WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE DON’T – GONIOSCOPY AND ROLE OF IMAGING (6 mins)	Dr. MADHAVI RAMANATHA PILLAI	watch video
3	TINY EYES , BUT HUGE TROUBLE – MANAGE CATARACT & GLAUCOMA IN NANOPHTHALMOS (7 mins)	DR. R. SHARMILA	watch video
4	LASER IRIDOTOMY /LENS EXTRACTION- CURRENT TREND IN PACD MANAGEMENT (7 mins)	Dr. DEVENDRA MAHESHWARI	watch video
5	TRAVERSING THE LIMITED SPACE- CATARACT SURGERY IN ANGLE CLOSURE DISEASE (7 mins)	Dr. MOHIDEEN ABDUL KADAR PMT	watch video
6	PHACOTRABECULECTOMY – SAILING THROUGH THE STORM (7 mins)	Dr. RAMA KRISHNAN R.	watch video
7	THE ULTIMATE DEADLOCK – SOLVING ACUTE ANGLE CLOSURE CRISIS (7 mins)	Dr. RAVEENDRA T.	watch video
	Panel Discussion : (8 mins.)