Ophthalmology

Department of ophthalmology has 3 separate spacious consultation rooms with all necessary ophthalmic equipments in each room. There are 2 separate well equipped rooms where visual acuity testing, refractive error measurement with autorefractometer and intra ocular pressure measurement with non contact tonometer are being done by well trained. There is a separate counsellor to help patients regarding health insurance such as Yeshaswini, ECHS, ESI, Sampoorna suraksha etc. OPD has a separate fully equipped minor OT where minor procedures like Lacrimal syringing,  Chalazion excision, Cyst excision, Incision and drainage of abscesses, Subtenons, Sub-conjunctival, Supratarsal injection , Saline wash for chemical burns, foreign body removal are being done. Recently eye bankfacility has been started in the department to cater the problems of corneal blindness in Dharwad district and the surrounding population. Round the clock service is rendered to retrieve  eyes from the deceased.

Head of the Department

Department of Ophthalmology is headed by Dr. Shankargouda H. Patil, a qualified and experienced professor having more than 13 yrs of teaching experience for Undergraduates and Post-Graduates in Ophthalmology. He is has done his M.B.B.S from J. J. M. Medical College, Davangere and M. S. Ophthalmology from Minto Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (MRIO) Bangalore Medical College. He is fellow of Medical Research Foundation Sankara Netralaya Chennai.  He has vast experience as an internal and external examiner for UGs and PGs in Karnataka and neighboring. He has the zeal to develop SDMCMSH as a Model Eye Care Centre having high volume, high quality and cost effective services to eradicate blindness.

Patient Care

Department is fully equipped with Slit lamp, Applanation tonometer and Pachymeter, Autorefractometer, Humphry’s field analyser. It has 30 bedded ophthalmic wards in two floors, with a separate five bedded ophthalmic septic ward for treating infective cases. Department runs  evening clinic from 5pm to 7pm for the convenience of working people who cannot come during morning hours. Subspecialty clinics operate on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. These subspecialties include retina, orbit, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, retina and squint. Round the clock emergency care service are provided for ocular trauma and other ophthalmic emergencies.

Diagnostic Facilities

Department has Canon Auto Refactometer for checking the refractive errors, Canon non contact tonometer and Applanation tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure, Pachymetry for Central Corneal Thickness measurement and Humphry’s perimetry for visual field analysis. It also has a fundus camera with non mydriatic photography to take fundus photo without dilatation of pupil and hence save patients’ time. Fundus camera also helps to detect progression of glaucoma by means of optic disc photography. Fundus fluorescein angiography is also being done here to detect retinal vascular pathology and macular pathologies. 

Treatment Facilities

Small incision sutureless cataract surgery, Phacoemulsification and MICS are done here for cataract. Phaco is being performed under topical anaesthesia using Geuder phaco machine and LIECA operating microscope with video recording facility. Department provides keratoplasty service for people with corneal blindness, along with surgeries for glaucoma and squint. Occuloplasty surgeries are also done. With Argon green laser all the diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular diseases are treated. In association with department of dermatology botox treatment is given to patients with eye problems.

Teaching Program

Daily clinical classes are taken for under graduate students by one of the consultant. Clinical cases, minor procedures, ophthalmic instruments are discussed. Clinically seminars of important topics are done by students under guidance. Post graduate teaching involves wet lab training with microscope for improving surgical skills. PGs are trained even in rural eye camps. Academically PGs have subject seminars and case presentation along with journal club presentation every week.

Publications

• Anupama Kakhandaki, U S Dinesh,¹ and B Akash, Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia as an unusual diagnosis for peri-orbital tumour - A case report,  2018 Jan; 66(1): 163–165.
• Anupama A Kakhandaki, Leena Raveendra, Pradeep A Venkataramana, Jyoti S Khandre, Favre-Racouchot Syndrome with Bilateral Mechanical Ptosis: An Unusual Presentation, Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery - Apr-Jun 2014, Volume 7, Issue 2

• Charushila Gajapati 1,*, R.D. Kulkarni2, Nishant N.3 Clinical profile and management outcome of orbital cellulitis in a tertiary care centre, Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, October-December, 2017; 3(4): 518-522   
• Mridula Prabhu1,*, Roopa Rokhade2 , KR Pravin Chandra3 , Anupama Kakhandaki4, A study of awareness and use of personal protective eyewear among welders in a tier 2 city in South India,  July-September,2017;3(3): 356-360, DOI: 10.18231/2395-1451.2017.0087
• Gajapati CV¹, Pradeep AV², Kakhandaki A³, Praveenchandra RK⁴, Rao S⁵. Awareness of Presbyopia among Rural Female Population in North Karnataka, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2017 Sep, Vol-11(9): NC01-NC05
• Charushila V. Gajapati1,*, Pradeep Addagadde Venkataramana2 , Kulkarni R.D.3 , Patil S.H.4 , Nishant N.5, Bacteriology and antibiotic susceptibility of chronic dacryocystitis, International Journal of Ocular Oncology and Oculoplasty, April-June, 2017;3(2):122-125

• Mridula Prabhu1, anuPaMa KaKhandaKi2, K.r. Pravin Chandra3, M.b. dineSh4 A Hospital, Based Study Regarding Awareness of Association Between Glycosylated Haemoglobin and Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2016 Jan, Vol-10(1): NC01-NC04
• Mridula Prabhu, 1 Anupama Kakhandaki,2 K.R. Pravin Chandra,3 and M.B. Dinesh4 A Hospital Based Study Regarding Awareness of Association Between Glycosylated Haemoglobin and Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/15834.7014 2016 Jan, Vol-10(1): NC01-NC04

• Mridula Prabhu1,*, Anupama Kakhandaki2, K R Pravin Chandra3, Pramod4, A hospital based study on awareness of diabetic retinopathy in diabetic individuals based on knowledge, attitude and practices in a tier-2 city in South India, Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, July September 2015;1(3):159-163       
• Pradeep A. V , Arunkumar J. S. , Shankargouda H. Patil , Shibani V. Anchan , Santosh S. Garag Aspergilloma of Infra Orbital Nerve in an Immunocompetent FA Case Report, Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, JKIMSU,  Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan-Mar 2015 ISSN 2231-4261

• PrabhuAvinash1, PrabhuMridula2, KumarNiranjan1 and Grampurohit UVandana, Recurrent giant apocrine hidrocystoma of the eyelid: A case report, Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal Vol. 10 No 1: 10, June  2014
• Anupama Kakhandaki1, Charushila Gejapati2, Preetam B. Patil3, Vivekanand S.G.4, Retinal Arterial Obstruction-Still Remains An Enigma, Journal Of Clinical And Diagnostic Research. 2014 Apr, Vol-8(4): VD01-VD03
• Mridula Prabhu, Shankargouda H. Patil, Pravin Chandra R. Kangokar Glaucoma awareness and knowledge ina tertiary care hospital in a tier-2 city inSouth India, Journal of the Scientific Society, Vol 40  /  Issue 1  /  January-April 2013
• Anupama Kakhandaki, Nithisha T.M., Seetha Pramila, Duane Retraction Syndrome: A Rare Cause Of Strabismus, Clinical Case Report, The National Medical Journal Of India Vol. 27, No. 1, 2014

• Anupama.Kakhandaki, Shivakumar Mallappa, Vishma Prabhu OUTCOME OF CATARACT SURGERY IN A SOFT EYEBALL, Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences/ Volume 2/ Issue 18/ Msy 6, 2013
• Anupama Kakhandaki, G Mukthayakka, T M Nithisha, S Nanda, Fungal Keratitis caused by Scedosporium Apiospermum, Case Report, Medica Innovatica, December 2013, Volume 2 Issue 2

Dissertations/ Research

1. Clinical study of orbital fracture in tertiary care centre   - Dr Sharan S
2. Comparative study of topical Bromfenac sodium 0.9% and topical prednisolone acetate 1% in post operative cataract patients - Dr Neha T