Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: In a first of its kind in Jammu province, Department of Ophthalmology in Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu conducted advanced retina surgery.
A 13-year-old child from a village in Reasi who was suffering with sudden loss of vision in one eye from last one year was brought to Eye Department at GMC Jammu. On examination, the child was diagnosed as suffering from total Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment with multiple intra-retinal cysts.
A procedure known as “Sutureless Scleral Buckling plus subretinal fluid drainage” was carried immediately in order to reattach the retina to its original position. The procedure was performed successfully by a team led by Dr Satish Gupta, HoD and Dr Ishfaq Ahmed Sofi, Consultant without any complications.
Scleral Buckling is a technique by which experts can attach the retina in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment even without entering into the cavity of the eyeball.
It is important to mention here that this procedure was performed for the first time in GMC Jammu. Previously, these types of patients were forced to move outside the Union Territory for the treatment of such problems.
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