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. (8 mins)	Dr. NITIN KUMAR	watch video
2	ROLE OF MULTIMODAL IMAGING IN UVEITIS DIAGNOSTICS – DOES IT ADD VALUE? (8 mins)	Dr. ANIRUDDHA AGARWAL	watch video
3	PRACTICE OF UVEITIS IN A BASIC CLINICAL SET UP – IS IT FEASIBLE? (8 mins)	DR. SAMENDRA KARKHUR	watch video
4	LOSING CONTROL OF YOUR UVEITIS CASE… HOW DO YOU DECIDE TIMELY REFERRAL AND ADEQUATE COUNSELLING? (8 mins)	Dr. SWAPNIL PARCHAND	watch video
5	TUBERCULAR UVEITIS – THE GREAT MASQUERADER! (8 mins)	Dr. BRUTTENDU MOHARANA	watch video
6	NEED FOR EXTENSIVE, EXPENSIVE & ELABORATE LAB. TESTS AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS? EXPERT’S VIEW! (12 mins)	Dr. PADMAMALINI MAHENDRA DAS	watch video
	Panel Discussion : (3 mins.)