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1. Visual outcome in closed globe injury: a prospective study.
2. Study of ocular changes in pregnancy.
3. Comparative study of surgically induced astigmatism with frown-shaped scleral incision versus straight scleral incision with backward extension perpendicular to limbus in manual small incision cataract surgery.
4. Age-related macular degeneration: prevalence and risk factors, a cross-sectional study.
5. Evaluation of IOP, refraction, anterior chamber depth, macular thickness and specular microscopy post Nd:YAG laser in patients with posterior capsular opacification.
6. Evaluation of dry eye in patients undergoing phacoemulsification cataract surgery.
7. Assessment of astigmatism after temporal incision in cataract surgery with phacoemulsification technique and its correlation with limbal relaxing incision.
8. To compare complications of cataract surgery in cases of senile cataract with PXF syndrome and senile cataract without PXF syndrome.
9. Screening of corneal topographic changes in patients with various allergic keratoconjunctivitis.
10. A study on prevalence of ocular diseases in school-going children.
11. A comparative study of a modified, sutureless, no-glue versus sutured conjunctival autograft transplantation in treatment of primary pterygium.
12. Clinical profile of primary open angle glaucoma and its association with diabetes mellitus.
13. Clinical profile of ocular morbidities among adult HIV-infected patients.
14. Clinical profile and visual outcome among ocular trauma patients at a tertiary care hospital.
15. Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity among premature babies born at a tertiary care hospital: a longitudinal study.
16. Prevalence of dry eye in diabetics with and without diabetic retinopathy.
17. Assessment of safety of retropupillary iris-claw intraocular lens as a viable option in surgical aphakia.
18. A study of donor corneal tissue evaluation by slit lamp microscopy and specular microscopy.
19. Study of systemic factors affecting diabetic retinopathy in type II diabetes mellitus.
20. Quantification of the corneal astigmatism following extracapsular cataract extraction versus small incision cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation: a randomized controlled study.
21. Surgical treatment of keratectasia of various origins by the intrastromal keratoplasty method with polymeric corneal segments.
22. Comparative study of Goldmann applanation tonometer with noncontact autotonometer in myopia.
23. Clinical and functional results of surgical treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments using the method of peribasal vitrectomy.
24. A clinical study to evaluate the results of toric intraocular lens implantation in cases of corneal astigmatism.
25. A pilot study on the contamination of injection bevacizumab upon storage of multidose vials.
26. Analysis of normal retinal nerve fibre layer thickness by age and sex using spectral domain optical coherence tomography.
27. Profile of patients undergoing LASIK surgery in a tertiary care rural hospital.
28. Prevalence and risk factors of dry eye disease.
29. Incidence of intra-operative primary posterior capsular opacification in a rural population undergoing cataract surgery.
30. Cataract surgery without preoperative topical mydriatics in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
31. Two newer methods of pterygium surgery: a comparative study.
32. A clinical study of correlation of visual field defects with optic disc changes in primary open angle glaucoma.
33. Meibography in dry eye syndromes.
34. Evaluation of visual acuity, colour perception and stereoacuity in children 6–8 years of age.
35. Estimation of urea levels in lacrimal fluid of eyes with dry eyes.
36. A comparative study of serum ceruloplasmin levels as a biomarker for oxidative stress in type 2 diabetic patients with diabetic retinopathy and type 2 diabetic patients without retinopathy.
37. Study of correlation between diabetic retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy in lower limbs.
38. Correlation of conjunctival microangiopathy with retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.
39. Gonioscopic estimation of prevalence of narrow angle of anterior chamber in population above 18 years of age.
40. Estimation of mean Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy energy levels for different grades of posterior capsular opacification: a comparative study.
41. Study of macular perfusion and foveal thickness in patients of retinal vein occlusion.
42. Comparative evaluation of retinal nerve fibre layer thickness by optical coherence tomography in glaucomatous and normal eyes.
43. Ocular involvement in leprosy patients.
44. A comparative study between surgical outcome of autologous blood versus 10-0 nylon for conjunctival autografting in pterygium excision.
45. To study prognostic factors for visual outcome in patients of open globe injuries.
46. A comparative study of repeat external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with or without use of mitomycin C.
47. Clinical study to evaluate the effect of corneal graft diameter on prognosis of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty for fungal keratitis.
48. Analysis of development of radiation-induced optic neuropathy after external beam radiotherapy for head, neck and brain tumours adjacent to the optic nerve.
49. Clinical comparison of conventional coaxial (2.8 mm) phacoemulsification and coaxial microincision (2.2 mm) phacoemulsification.
50. Study of intraoperative complications of small incision cataract surgery in eyes with pseudoexfoliation syndrome.
51. A comparison of surgical outcome between modified external dacryocystorhinostomy with endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy.
52. Ocular manifestations of autoimmune diseases.
53. Progression of diabetic retinopathy after IOL implantation: a longitudinal study.
54. A study to assess the corneal endothelial changes in patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing phacoemulsification cataract surgery.
55. Operative pterygium-induced astigmatism and post-operative refractive status of pterygium patients operated with suture and without suture.
56. Gestational age and incidence of retinopathy of prematurity: a prospective study.
57. Clinical study of ocular manifestations of connective tissue disorders in a tertiary care hospital.
58. Critical analysis of intraoperative and postoperative complications in various types of extracapsular cataract surgery.
59. Preoperative assessment of posterior segment in dense cataract patients by B-scan ultrasonography.
60. A study of ocular changes in patients on long-term treatment with hydroxychloroquine in a tertiary care hospital.
61. A comparison of visual and anatomical outcome between ranibizumab and aflibercept in treatment of choroidal neovascular membranes.
62. To compare and correlate macular ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer thickness (GCIPL) and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness with visual fields in primary open angle glaucoma.
63. Comparative study of hangback recession and conventional recession of inferior oblique in V-pattern strabismus with inferior oblique overaction.
64. Association of pre-operative nasal and conjunctival microbiological flora with per-operative lacrimal sac aspirate in cases of chronic dacryocystitis.
65. Clinical presentation and surgical outcomes employing reduced surgical dosages in neurologically impaired children with comitant esodeviations.
66. Ocular manifestations in patients of human immunodeficiency virus infection on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
67. Implications of colour vision defect on skills of medical graduates requiring colour discrimination.
68. Evaluation of functional outcome of sutureless scleral tunnel fixated IOLs in children with subluxated lenses.
69. Comparative analysis of 25-gauge vitrectorhexis and manual capsulorhexis with IOL implantation in paediatric cataract surgery.
70. Evaluation of contact lens-assisted corneal collagen cross-linking in keratoconus with thin cornea.
71. Role of intermittent occlusion in treatment of amblyopia in children.
72. To study the role of multispot panretinal laser photocoagulation as an adjunct to treatment of macular edema in non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
73. Comparative evaluation of three modalities of transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy for the management of acute dacryocystitis.
74. Colour vision functions in a cohort of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
75. Ocular profile in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus of more than 5 years duration.
76. Correlation of fetal hemoglobin and other risk factors with development of retinopathy of prematurity in preterm neonates.
77. Clinicobiochemical profile of tear fluid in patients of primary open angle glaucoma.
78. To study the role of hematological, inflammatory and clinical biomarkers in type 2 diabetic patients with diabetic retinopathy.
79. Coping strategy in patients with low vision or blindness: a pilot study.
80. Association of serum vitamin D levels and retinal vein occlusion: a case-control study.
81. Augmenting trabeculectomy with subconjunctival mitomycin C injection at the end of surgery: a pilot study.
82. Role of B-scan ultrasonography in obscured ocular abnormalities in mature traumatic cataract.
83. Analysis of conjunctival flora in diabetic and non-diabetic individuals and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern.
84. Clinical study of functional recovery following phacoemulsification with foldable intraocular lens implants.
85. Study of ocular morbidity and risk factors for retinal vein occlusion.
86. A study of prevalence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity.
87. Evaluation of retinal blood flow in glaucoma patients pre and post treatment using OCT angiography.
88. The effect of brimonidine 0.15% on the development of bulbar redness following femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery.
89. Correlation of optic nerve on MRI with visual acuity in children with cerebral visual impairment: a cross-sectional study.
90. Study to determine the relationship between serum lipid profile and diabetic retinopathy.
91. The efficacy of fibrin glue versus sutures for attaching conjunctival autografts after pterygium excision: a randomized clinical trial.
92. A clinico-angiographic correlation in grading of diabetic retinopathy: a one-year hospital-based cross-sectional study.
93. Evaluation of posterior segment in mature cataracts by B-scan: a cross-sectional study.
94. Role of fundus fluorescein angiography in classification and diagnosis of macular diseases.
95. Prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy among patients with type II diabetes mellitus.
96. Prospective study of visual and anatomical outcome of pars plana vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
97. Fundoscopic examination findings in patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension.