VT209 : Simple tricks and tips to master intraoperative challenges during V-R surgery for budding surgeons

Dr.Prashant Jain, Dr.Giridhar Anantharaman, Dr.Mahesh G

The skills and dexterity you foster during vitreoretina fellowship serve as a springboard as you start life in the posterior segment.V-R surgery is one of the most challenging field with steep learning curves.When one budding V-R surgeon starts to operate retinal surgeries even simple maneuvers appears complex and difficult.Training of V-R surgery is a long,indeed,never ending process.The best preparation for vitreoretinal surgery is observation but at some point of time you need to practice with a patient and watching videos of surgeries performed by the fellow himself is a great teaching tool.Through this video we try to focus on simple tips and solutions that can help prevent some common mistakes of the beginner vitreoretinal surgeon.This video is a compilation of different surgical situations and focusing on how presence of mind and following basic steps can make life of budding surgeon lot easier and help him or her to sail smoothly from the nightmare.