DR. RAJAT KAPOOR (K16899)

Abstract

PAEDIATRIC CATARACT SURGERY IS CHALLENGING FOR ALL OPHTHALMOLOGISTS. DIFFICULTIES FACED WITH RESPECT TO ANATOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS, SYSTEMIC WORK-UP, NEED FOR GA AND UN-PREDICTABLE IOL POWER CALCULATION ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. THIS VAST (VIDEO ASSISTED SKILL TRANSFER) COURSE DEALS WITH A VARIETY OF CHALLENGING SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED IN PRACTICE. THE PANELLISTS ARE EMINENT PAEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGISTS WHO ROUTINELY DEAL WITH SUCH SCENARIOS AND WILL SHARE THEIR CLINICAL/SURGICAL EXPERTISE. PRESENTATION’S WILL BE VIDEO BASED AND DISCUSSION WILL INCLUDE DIRECT Q&A INVOLVING THE AUDIENCE AND THE PANEL. A WIDE SPECTRUM OF CASES WOULD BE SHOWCASED INCLUDING TRAUMATIC CATARACT, SUBLUXATION IN MARFAN’S SYNDROME/MICROSPEHROPHAKIA, PHPV CATARACT, POST-GLAUCOMA FILTERING SURGERY, USE OF GLUED IOL, IRIS-CLAW IOL IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS, POST-UVEITIC COMPLICATED CATARACT, DELAYED PRESENTATION, TOPPED OFF WITH RECENT ADVANCES SUCH AS USE OF ZEPTO TECHNOLOGY IN CASES OF PAEDIATRIC CATARACT & MORE

1	PAEDIATRIC CATARACT POST TRAUMA : SCENARIOS (8 mins)	Dr. VIVEKANAND WARKAD	Coming soon
2	WORKUP AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATED PAEDIATRIC CATARACT WITH ASSOCIATED UVEITIS (8 mins)	Dr. Sumita Agarkar	Coming soon
3	CATARACT WITH RETINAL CO-MORBIDITIES (POST PHPV /ROP/VR SURGERY) (8 mins)	Dr.Vishal Govindahari	Coming soon
4	CAPSULORHEXIS IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS (PAEDIATRIC HYPERMATURE CATARACT WITH CAPSULAR CALCIFICATION) (8 mins)	Dr. SIDDHARTH KESARWANI	Coming soon
5	LUXATIONS AND APHAKIA MANAGEMENT : POST MARFAN’S SYNDROME, MICROSPHEROPHAKIA AND TRAUMA (8 mins)	Dr. RAJAT KAPOOR	Coming soon
6	RECENT ADVANCES IN MANAGEMENT OF PAEDIATRIC CATARACT, USE OF ZEPTO TECHNOLOGY (8 mins)	DR. RAMESHA KEKUNNAYA	Coming soon
	Panel Discussion : (7 mins.)