It is not often that an eye surgeon is able to awe a room full of medical students and residents in a busy Ophthalmology clinic. So I’ll take this opportunity to write the story about this this extra-ordinary accomplishment.
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Don’t Let the Dog have it’s Day!
Stay dogs can be an important cause of trauma in India. It is especially more common in small kids who are about the size of a grown up dog or smaller. It is advisable to keep kids away from exposure to stray dogs on the streets which can get suddenly violent if they perceive the kid as a threat. Dogs are great and cute creatures but can be dangerous to kids in certain circumstances.
Need an Eyelid Please!
Coloboma can present with eyelid coloboma, iris coloboma or choroidal coloboma, a combination of the three or all three. Eyelid colobomas part of goldenhar syndrome is usually in the upper eyelid, resulting incomplete closure resulting in exposure keratopathy which can then turn into a corneal ulcer as in our case.
(Eye)Lid off with Canal(iculus) in tow!
Canalicular lacerations are missed quite often during evaluation of periocular injuries due to Road traffic accidents, assaults and animal bites in busy emergency rooms. At the same time, surgical repair of canalicular laceration can be very frustrating experience as the distal end of the lacerated canaliculi can become very illusive to locate. After locating theContinue reading “(Eye)Lid off with Canal(iculus) in tow!”
When one doesn’t want to stare!
The staring look of eyelid retraction in TED can be very awkward for patients while meeting people and in photos of themselves. This eyelid malposition can be easily corrected with a 30 minute procedure done under local anaesthesia with very predictable outcomes. This lady was very pleased with the outcome of the surgery as she’s back to her beautiful Pre-TED self.
DR. RAGHURAJ HEGDE 