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Wu PY, Fung AT, Dave VP, Iu LPL, Sjahreza E, Chaikitmongkol V, Sivagurunathan PD, Ahn J, Misra DK, Wong CW, Chou HD. COVID-19 reduced scleral buckling training in fellows and shifted young ophthalmologists' preference toward vitrectomy: An Asia-Pacific survey. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2023; 51:585-597. [PMID: 37170410 DOI: 10.1111/ceo.14236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND To assess rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) surgery trends and training among young ophthalmologists (YOs, vitreoretinal fellows or attendings/consultants with ≤10 years of independent practice) and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS An anonymous online survey was completed by 117 YOs in the Asia-Pacific regarding their RRD surgery experiences in 2021-2022. RESULTS To achieve a 90% probability of surgical competency, 91 vitrectomy and 34 scleral buckling (SB) completions during fellowship were needed. In total, 49 (41.9%) YOs had fellowship affected by COVID-19. In the COVID versus pre-COVID era, however, the volume of SB completions per fellowship year decreased significantly (median [IQR] 3.3 [1.5, 9] vs. 13 [6.5, 23]; p < 0.001) and was lower than the required volume to achieve competency. YOs were less confident in conducting SB versus vitrectomy (3.5 ± 1.1 vs. 4.2 ± 0.8, p < 0.001), and they reported a decrease in the proportion of SB (-3.1%, p = 0.047) and an increase in the proportion of vitrectomy (+4.8%, p < 0.001) after the pandemic outbreak. Apart from RRD clinical characteristics, surgical confidence is among the main factors that affect surgical method decisions. During the pandemic, more YOs may have avoided SB due to the need for general anaesthesia, leading to longer surgical time and risk of viral transmission during intubation/extubation. CONCLUSIONS SB surgical exposure is suboptimal in most fellowship programs in the 11 Asia-Pacific countries/regions we surveyed and further declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. YOs are less confident in performing SB, leading to a trend toward primary vitrectomy since the COVID-19 outbreak.
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- Po-Yi Wu
- Department of Medical Education, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Westmead and Central (Save Sight Institute) Clinical Schools, Specialty of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Center for Vitreoretinal Diseases, Anant Bajaj Retina Institute Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Malaysian Ministry of Health, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
- College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Vitreo-Retina Services, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Chawla S, Gupta M, Misra DK. FULL-THICKNESS MACULAR HOLE SECONDARY TO LIVE INTRAOCULAR FILARIAL WORM: A NOVEL CLINICAL ASSOCIATION. Retin Cases Brief Rep 2023; 17:93-97. [PMID: 33492071 DOI: 10.1097/icb.0000000000001124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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PURPOSE To report a unique case of live intraocular filarial worm leading to development of a full-thickness macular hole (FTMH). METHODS An 18-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in the right eye of 1 week duration. Her best-corrected visual acuity in the right eye was 6/24, whereas it was 6/6 in the left eye. Clinically, there was presence of a live intravitreal worm with FTMH and inferior retinal track marks in the right eye, whereas the left eye was normal. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography of the right eye established the FTMH with hyperreflective debris at its base. The patient underwent right eye vitrectomy with worm retrieval in-toto followed by an internal limiting membrane peel and 15% sulfur hexafluoride gas injection. The worm sample was sent for histopathological analysis. RESULTS At 1 month, the patient had successive closure of FTMH with improvement in the visual acuity upto 6/6 in the right eye. Histopathology confirmed the worm as Wuchereria bancrofti . CONCLUSION Presence of a live worm in posterior segment can precipitate formation of a FTMH. Possible reasons for development of MH could be secondary to subclinical trauma induced by excessive whipping movements of the worm in the subretinal space or by triggering an acute posterior vitreous detachment.
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- Shobhit Chawla
- Vitreoretina Services, Prakash Netra Kendr, Lucknow, India; and
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- Vitreoretina Services, Prakash Netra Kendr, Lucknow, India; and
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- Vitreoretina Services, Swarnjyoti Eye Hospital, Lucknow, India
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Bhardwaj A, Chauhan NS, Goel S, Singh V, Pulikkotil JJ, Senguttuvan TD, Misra DK. Tuning the carrier concentration using Zintl chemistry in Mg3Sb2, and its implications for thermoelectric figure-of-merit. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:6191-200. [PMID: 26852729 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07482g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zintl compounds are potential candidates for efficient thermoelectric materials, because typically they are small band gap semiconductors. In addition, such compounds allow fine tuning of the carrier concentration by chemical doping for the optimization of thermoelectric performance. Herein, such tunability is demonstrated in Mg3Sb2-based Zintl compounds via Zn(2+) doping at the Mg(2+) site of the anionic framework (Mg2Sb2)(2-), in the series Mg3-xZnxSb2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1). The materials have been successfully synthesized using the spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirms a single solid solution phase of Mg3-xZnxSb2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1). The thermoelectric properties are characterized by the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity measurements from 323 K to 773 K. Isoelectronic Zn substitution at the Mg site presents the controlled variation in the carrier concentration for optimizing the high power factor and reduced thermal conductivity. These results lead to a substantial increase in ZT of 0.37 at 773 K for a composition with x = 0.10 which is ∼42% higher than undoped Mg3Sb2. The electronic transport data for the Mg3-xZnxSb2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) compound are analyzed using a single parabolic band model predicting that Mg2.9Zn0.1Sb2 exhibits a near-optimal carrier concentration for high ZT. The electronic structure of transport properties of these disordered Mg3-xZnxSb2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) is also studied using density functional theory and the results obtained are in good agreement with experimental results. The low cost, lightness and non-toxicity of the constituent elements make these materials ideal for mid-temperature thermoelectric applications.
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- A Bhardwaj
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) Campus, New Delhi-110012, India. and Physics of Energy Harvesting Division, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) Campus, New Delhi-110012, India. and Physics of Energy Harvesting Division, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) Campus, New Delhi-110012, India. and Physics of Energy Harvesting Division, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) Campus, New Delhi-110012, India. and Quantum Phenomena & Applications Division, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) Campus, New Delhi-110012, India. and Quantum Phenomena & Applications Division, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 110012, India and Computational and Networking Facility, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) Campus, New Delhi-110012, India. and Physics of Energy Harvesting Division, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) Campus, New Delhi-110012, India. and Physics of Energy Harvesting Division, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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Bhardwaj A, Chauhan NS, Sancheti B, Pandey GN, Senguttuvan TD, Misra DK. Panoscopically optimized thermoelectric performance of a half-Heusler/full-Heusler based in situ bulk composite Zr(0.7)Hf(0.3)Ni(1+x)Sn: an energy and time efficient way. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:30090-101. [PMID: 26499748 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp05213k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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All scale hierarchical architecturing, matrix/inclusion band alignment and intra-matrix electronic structure engineering, the so called panoscopic approach for thermoelectric materials has been demonstrated to be an effective paradigm for optimizing high ZT. To achieve such hierarchically organized microstructures, composition engineering has been considered to be an efficient strategy. In this work, such a panoscopic concept has been extended to demonstrate for the first time in the case of half-Heusler based thermoelectric materials via a composition engineering route. A series of new off-stoichiometric n-type Zr0.7Hf0.3Ni1+xSn (0 ≤x≤ 0.10) HH compositions have been modified to derive HH(1 -x)/full-Heusler (FH)(x) composite with an all scale hierarchically modified microstructure with FH inclusions within the matrix to study the temperature dependent thermoelectric properties. The structural analysis employing XRD, FE-SEM and HR-TEM of these materials reveal a composite of HH and FH, with hierarchically organized microstructures. In such a submicron/nano-composite, the electronic properties are observed to be well optimized yielding a large power factor; α(2)σ (∼30.7 × 10(-4) W m(-1) K(-2) for Zr0.7Hf0.3Ni1.03Sn) and reduced thermal conductivity (∼2.4 W m(-1) K(-1) for Zr0.7Hf0.3Ni1.03Sn) yielding a high ZT∼ 0.96 at 773 K for composition Zr0.7Hf0.3Ni1.03Sn which is ∼250% larger than the normal HH Zr0.7Hf0.3NiSn (ZT∼ 0.27 at 773 K). The enhancement in ZT of these composites has been discussed in terms of primary electron filtering, electron injection and several phonon scattering mechanisms such as alloy scattering, point defect scattering, and grain boundary scattering. The Bergman and Fel model is used to calculate effective thermoelectric parameters of these composites for comparing the experimental results.
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- A Bhardwaj
- Physics of Energy Harvesting Division, National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 110012, India.
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Mondal A, Kundu R, Misra DK. Factors regulating the metastatic potential of benign giant cell tumour of bone--study of an unusual case with short review of literature. INDIAN J PATHOL MICR 2001; 44:31-5. [PMID: 12561992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023] Open
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Benign giant cell tumour of bone with metastases to other bones and lungs is extremely rare. Benign metastasising giant cell tumour is distinctly separate from multicentric giant cell tumour, primary and secondary malignant giant cell tumour. Factors regulating the local recurrence and metastatic potential of this benign tumour depend on its aggressiveness which can be better assessed by clinical and radiological parameters rather than the histopathological appearance. A benign giant cell tumour of ischium with metastasis to vertebra and lung over an eleven year period is discussed. Extreme paucity of literature prompted to publish the article. A short review of factors determining the recurrence and metastatic spread of benign giant cell tumour of bone is highlighted.
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- A Mondal
- Department of Pathology, SVS Marwari Hospital and Cancer Detection Centre, Calcutta
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Mondal A, Misra DK. Ewing's sarcoma of bone--a study of 71 cases by fine needle aspiration cytology. J Indian Med Assoc 1996; 94:135-142. [PMID: 8854626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) plays immense diagnostic role in Ewing's sarcoma of bone. As clinically and sometimes radiologically Ewing's sarcoma mimics osteomyelitis of bone, FNAC is of great help to distinguish these 2 lesions and can avoid unnecessary incisional biopsies in most of the cases. At present limb salvage therapy is replaced by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Moreover most of the patients present with gross soft tissue involvement where exact categorisation of malignant bone tumour is not possible by radiological means. FNAC is of great benefit to the clinicians and the patients as it provides a quick and accurate report and surgical interventions can be avoided in most of the cases. This paper highlights the cytological appearance of Ewing's sarcoma of bone in 71 cases. A conclusive diagnosis can be made with the help of special stains and cell block study. The diagnostic accuracy was 100% without any complication.
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- A Mondal
- Department of Cytopathology, SVS Marwari Hospital, Calcutta
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Mondal A, Misra DK. CT-guided needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of 112 vertebral lesions. INDIAN J PATHOL MICR 1994; 37:255-61. [PMID: 7814055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Aspiration cytology under CT-guidance was utilised as a diagnostic device in 112 lesions of vertebrae from January, 1985 till August, 1992. The age of the patients ranged from 6 years to 82 years. The materials were spread on glass slides, air-dried and stained by May-Grunwald and Giemsa method. In few cases part of the aspirated material was utilised for special stain and cell block preparation. Analysis of results showed metastatic tumours in 61 cases, Tuberculous lesions in 24 cases, Plasmacytoma in 6 cases, Giant cell lesion in 6 cases, Eosinophilic Granuloma in 3 cases, Chordoma in 3 cases, Ewing's sarcoma in 2 cases, Hodgkin's disease in 2 cases, Chondrosarcoma in 1 case and no definite diagnosis was given in 4 cases. These 4 cases on exploration and biopsy proved to be osteoblastoma (2), haemangioma (1) and undifferentiated sarcoma in the other. The giant cell lesions on histopathology proved to be aneuryamal bone cysts in 4 cases while osteoclastoma in 2 cases. The diagnostic accuracy was 96.4%. No complication was encountered in the present study. Early diagnosis by needle aspiration cytology (NAC) prevented unnecessary surgical exploration in majority of the cases and treatment could be started at the earliest.
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- A Mondal
- Department of Cytopathology, V.S. Marwari Hospital, Calcutta
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Misra DK. Septum and adrenocortical function. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 1979; 23:359-64. [PMID: 528042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dorsal septum is an intermediary centre in between the hippocampus and hypothalamus and it has got inhibitory influence over the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Stimulation of the dorsal septum manifested with fall in adrenocortical output whereas its lesion has opposite response. Ventral septum is a facilitatory area regarding activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. It is a balancing centre lying in between the higher central nervous system structures and the hypothalamus. Stimulation and lesion of the ventral septum led to rise and fall in adrenal venous 17-OHCS output respectively. Adrenocortical response to stress of burn was not blocked or inhibited following lesion of the dorsal as well as ventall septum.
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