Dr. Kavita Porwal [K08928] – Indore
SICS is a simple, cost effective procedure & has got many advantages when compared to Phaco & ECCE. It can be easily mastered & practiced in any remote part of the country. It’s an ideal step to master phaco. As the title suggests ‘From the Plains to the Rockies’ – this video based course highlights a well-structured training program to convert from ECCE to SICS and to overcome the hurdles that can occur at various steps. Complications like premature entry, button hole, DM detachment, rhexis extension etc will be dealt in detail. This will help the surgeons to have a smooth transition to convert from ECCE to SICS in a staged mannerwhere in few of the steps are learnt while doing ECCE only, learn the basics of SICS, deal difficult situations
like PXF, small pupil, posterior polar cataract, compromised cornea, hard cataract, pediatric cataract & manage complications that can occur at various steps through multiple video illustrations & clinical pearls.
| 1 | Travelling through the Plains: Transition from ECCE to Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery. (10 mins) | Dr. Amit Porwal |
| 2 | SICS in Brown and Black Rockies. (9 mins) | Dr. Viji Rangarajan |
| 3 | Tips for SICS in Pseudoexfoliation and Small Pupil. (9 mins) | Dr. Ganesh V Raman |
| 4 | Pearls for SICS in Posterior Polar Cataracts (9 mins) | Dr. Kavita Porwal |
| 5 | Overcoming the rocky surface: SICS in Cataract with Compromised Cornea. (9 mins) | Dr. Mano Ranjan Das |
| 6 | SICS in Pediatric Cataracts. (9 mins) | Dr. Jitendra Nenumal Jethani |
| 7 | Rocky Situations: Recognition & Management of Complications in SICS. (9 mins) | Dr. Saptarshi Banerjee |
| Panel Discussion : (11 mins.) |