In the year 2004-05 there were 4 scientific publications authored by our doctors in peer-reviewed international ophthalmic journals. The faculty of this hospital presented papers and gave lectures at various conferences including the All India Ophthalmic journals. The faculty of this hospital presented papers and gave lectures at various conferences including All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) annual conference at Bhuvaneswar.

Dr. N.S.D. Raju organized the symposium on ‘What is new in Ophthalmology’ at the Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons – Dhristi 2004 held at Kottayam. The poster presentation – “Pneumatic Desemetopexy” by Dr. N.S.D. Raju won the best poster award at the Dhristi 2004. Dr. Raju also organized the National Symposium on ‘Evidence based Opthalmology at Bhuvaneswar. As the editor-Proceedings Dr. Raju brought out the Proceedings of the AIOS on DVD for the first time in the history of AIOS.

Ranjini Eye Care had a good scientific session at the KSOS annual meeting. Seventeen scientific deliberations were presented at the conference. Nine free papers, 2 video films and 6 scintific posters were presented. Of the 5 awards in the KSOS annual meeting REC bagged 3 – the best free paper, the best video presentation and the best poster. Dr. Biju Raju was a faculty in the diabetic retinopathy and the medical retina sessions. Dr. Biju also presented papers at the Vitreoretinal Society of India’s annual meeting 2004. The paper on central corneal thickness and optical coherence tomography by Dr. Anju S. Raju was the first study of its kind from our country and was accepted well at the KSOS annual meeting.

Research Projects Completed (2004-05)

1. Evaluation of Central serous chorioretinopathy with OCT.
2. Macular thickness in early glaucomatous damage.
3. Topographic evaluation of cornea following Phacoemulsification and Small incision cataract surgery.
4. Digital flicker imaging-a new technique to document subtle changes in the fundus.
5. Efficacy of Neosonix technology in phacoemulsification.
6. Control of postoperative inflammation in phacoemulsification and small incision cataract surgery.
7. Intravitreal triamcinolone for macular edema.
8. Central corneal thickness by optical coherence tomography.
9. Blue on yellow perimetry in early glaucoma.
10. Usefulness of OCT in Anterior segment diseases.
11. Randomized control trial of control of postoperative inflammation using prednisolone acetate and diclofenac sodium.
12. Randomized control trial of preoperative mydriasis using pledget and drops.
    
    

On Going Research Projects

• Macular thickness in diabetic population.
• Newer techniques of ocular anesthesia.
• Bimanual vitrectomy techniques.
• Digital video recording and archiving in ophthalmic surgery.
• Pharmacokietics of the newer generating fluoroquinolone.
• Clinical evaluation of the efficacy of different bifocal IOLs.
• Digital imaging-Slit lamp photography using conventional digital camera.
• Patch Vs no patch in corneal abrasions.
• Cyclosporin in dry eyes and nummular keratitis.