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Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services
"Shri Bhagwan Mahavir vitreoretinal services" is one of the largest, busiest and best-equipped retina units in South East Asia. It is known in India and neighboring countries for its world class and state of the art eye care for the patients with complicated vitreo-retinal problems. It is situated on the seventh floor of Mahyco block, Sankara Nethralaya, 18, College Road Chennai. It is headed by Dr. Tarun Sharma and constitutes 12 well-trained, professional, full time consultants. On an average, 5666 patients are seen every month in out patient department. The facilities available in OPD are-
Digital fundus photography
Fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA)
Indocyanine green angiography (ICG)
Laser photocoagulation (both Argon and Diode)
Transpupillary thermo therapy (TTT)
Photodynamic therapy (PDT)
Electroretinogram (ERG) / electrooculogram (EOG)/ VEP
Ultrasonography /ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM)
Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Nine fully equipped operation theaters are
dedicated exclusively for vitreo-retinal surgeries
and on an average 500 retinal surgeries, both
simple and complicated, are performed every
month. Apart from patient care, Shri Bhagwan
Mahavir vitreoretinal services is also actively
involved in teaching, training and research.
The V-R department offers both research (2
½ years) and clinical (2 years) fellowships.
Till date around 215 candidates have been
trained and over 160 papers are published
in peer-reviewed journals.
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