A lot of recent advances have gone when we go back in past. One can say ophthalmology is was primitive but still, we can say old is gold. What was done in those days may be was ok during that time no iol no microscope. Ophthalmic surgery was done under torch later ophthalmic surgeon stated using operating loop cataract surgery was done by making a corneoscleral section by von grefes knife and lens delivery was done by arugas forceps it was called as intracapsular or extracapsular extraction.
Later use of Vectus erysophake Smith Indian method were used for lens extraction. Then came the era of using operating microscope iol implantations phaco with pc iol then corneal topography laser FFA and oct a scan and b scan ultrasound and still new methods are coming up. Share your opinion on recent advances in ophthalmology.
