Glimpses of 44th karophth at PC Karachi 31st August to 1st September 2024

The sessions on oculoplastics and orbit were very well attendeded. They were house full sessions. The presenters were Fatema Ali, Ibrar Hussain, Khuwaja Khalid, Amir Yaqub, Rizwan Rasheed, Muhammad Moin, Aurangzeb Khan, Zahid Kamal, Vijay Kumar, Saba Alkhairy, Sofia Iqbal, Faisal Aziz, Zeeshan Kamil, Mohammad Idris.

The topics covered were

1- Tenzel rotation flap.
2- Eyelid reconstruction.
3- Quick ptosis surgery techniques.
4- Learning curve of oculoplasty-legend lecture.
5- Aesthetic appearance of DCR scar.
6- Personel oculoplasty surgical experience - legend lecture.
7- Advancing pterygium surgery with reverse stripping technique.
8- Strugging of oculoplasty faculty in Pakistan. legend lecture.
9- Role of free skin graft and flaps in lid reconstruction.
10- Ocular injuries and orbital trauma.
11- Management of orbital foreign bodies.
12- Management of intraconal orbital tumors.
13- Management of extraconal orbital tumors.
14- Endoscopic assisted P/S of NLD system.
15- Management of orbital fractures.
16- Less can be more - interesting case of proptosis.
17- The clinical specturum & management of patients with ocular surface pyogenic granuloma.
18- Suture-Assisted three snip puntoplasty for stenosed punction - A novel technique.