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About Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS
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I can answer any question on eye care, expertise in Laser eye surgery, LASIK, Epi LASIK, cataract, glaucoma, keratoconus- corneal collagen crosslinking.
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OF LASIK, we are one of the first centres to use the wavefront guided LASIK or custom LASIK procedures. I train doctors worldwide for these wavefront procedures, our centre is the referral centre for our Wavelight Laser Technologies, Germany in India.
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ASCRS [American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery]certified by USA- Joint Commission International
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MD Ophthalmology and FICS [Fellow of the International College of Surgeons]
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please see http://www.shroffeye.org and www.lasikindia.in
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Expert: Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS - 11/2/2009
Question
what is the difference between phthisis bulbi and atrophic bulbi?
Answer
atrophia bulbi
a shrunken end-stage eye that contains recognizable ocular structures.
phthisis bulbi
shrinkage of the eyeball.
essentially the difference is that the structure of the eye ball is maintained in atrophic bulbi.... whereas in phthisis bulbi
there are no discernable ocular structures.
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