J.D.O.S April 2005 Scientific session

Session held in Hotel Satya Ashoka, Wright Town, Jabalpur

Self sponsored session.

 

1. Video session on phacoemulsification - presentation by Dr. Atul Mishra: Tackling the cortex at 12-O-Clock using the Symcoe Canula.
2. Video session on phacoemulsification - presentation by Dr. Shabbir Husain: Demonstrated the 4 quadrant technique for handling the nucleus, and phacoemulsification in case of posterior polar cataract in young and old patients.
3. Posterior segment case presentation by Dr. Ravin N. Das: A case of Gyrate Atrophy was presented in a 10 year old male child. The case had some unique characteristics:
   1. Serum ornithine levels were normal.
   2. Color vision and night vision normal.
   3. Best corrected visual acuity with astigmatic correction of -1.75 @ 5 degrees and -1.75 @ 165 degrees was 6/18 both eyes.
   4. Hyperlysinemia
   5. Foveal schisis demonstrated on OCT.

 

Some of the images follow (Gyrate atrophy case) (Image courtesy Sankara Nethralaya Chennai):