COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS ( As Chief Investigator )

  1. Visual function following focal photocoagulation in diabetic patients with Clinically significant macular edema.
  2. Evaluation of ethambutol toxicity in patients on anti-tubercular treatment by color vision and visual evoked response.
  3. A  clinically oriented study comparing the results of chemical methods of sterilization and autoclaving for sterilization of surgical instruments on the early postoperative results following cataract surgery in eye camps.
  4. An evaluation of a new operative technique for drainage of subretinal fluid during a scleral buckling procedure (termed by us as modified needle drainage)   for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

 

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS ( As Chief Guide of Postgraduate Thesis )

  1. Antibiotic Concentration in Vitrectomized eyes with Silicone oil (June 2002).
  2. Evaluation of psychophysical and electrophysiological prognostic factors in diabetic Vitrectomy (November 2000).
  3. A comparison of early versus delayed vitrectomy for the management of postoperative endophthalmitis and an evaluation of any possible deleterious role of intravitreal antibiotics on the postoperative results of early vitrectomy in these patients (1999).
  4. Evaluation of ocular lesions in patients with pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (November 1998).

 

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS ( AsCoguide of Postgraduate Thesis )

  1. Prospective Non Randomized demographic study of chorioretinal coloboma and outcome of management of retinal detachment associated with coloboma (Completed in 2004).
  2. A Prospective clinical trial comparing transpupillary thermotherapy and photodynamic therapy in the treatment of occult sub-foveal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration (Completed in 2004).
  3. A Prospective clinical trial comparing transpupillary thermotherapy and photodynamic therapy in the treatment of classic subfoveal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration (Completed in 2004).
  4. Indocyanine green angiographic characteristics of Exudative Age-Related Macular degeneration, Atrophic Age-Related Macular Degeneration, and Traumatic Macular Degeneration and their correlation with visual function ( November 2002 ).
  5. To detect the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Eales’ disease by Polymerase Chain Reaction ( June 2002 ).
  6. Comparative evaluation of autologous blood with silicone oil and silicone oil alone in macular hole surgery ( November 2001).
  7. To Detect the efficiency of general ophthalmologists as well as non-ophthalmologists in the detection of posterior pole vascular changes including plus disease as a screening tool for retinopathy of prematurity (November, 2001).
  8. Profile and prognostic factors in ocular trauma patients at a tertiary level Centre ( May 2001 ).
  9. A prospective controlled study of IOP (Intraocular pressure ) changes in Silicone oil-filled eyes ( May 2001).
  10. Randomized comparison of diode laser photocoagulation versus cryotherapy for threshold retinopathy of prematurity about non-threshold ROP and normal controls (May 2001).
  11. Surgical outcome of posterior segment retained intraocular foreign bodies ( June 1999 ).
  12. Comparative Evaluation of sulfur hexafluoride and silicon oil in Stage  III and Stage IV macular hole surgery in conjunction with autologous serum ( June 1999 ).
  13. An epidemiological study of patients with age-related macular degeneration.
  14. Etiological trends of pars planitis in India ( November 1998 ).
  15. Evaluation of the effect of pan-retinal photocoagulation on the retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with diabetes mellitus ( 1999 ).
  16. Evaluation of Endogenous cortisol levels in patients with multifocal central serous retinopathy ( November 1998).
  17. A   comparison of the efficacy of intravitreal amikacin and ceftazidime in the management of postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis ( June 1997 ).
  18. An evaluation of the role of Polymerase chain reaction  ( PCR )  for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with suspected ocular tuberculosis (1997). 
  19. An evaluation of Extracapsular cataract extraction with and without a posterior chamber intraocular lens in patients with complicated cataract and healed anterior uveitis (1995).
  20. An evaluation of serum and urinary cortisol levels in patients with Central  Serous  Retinopathy and its correlation with the psychological profile of the patients ( 1994).

COMPLETED  RESEARCH PROJECTS (As Co-Investigator during tenure in RP Centre )

  1. Multicentric, Randomized, double-masked, Controlled Study to evaluate the safety and Efficacy of an Intravitreal Fluocinolone Acetonide ( 0.5  or 2 mg ) Implant in patients with non-infectious Uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye. (An international multicentric Phase II\III trial on a New Drug Application)