Kitchen Ophthalmic Surgeon

Practicing surgical skills is essential to become a good surgeon. But especially in this time of covid19 pandemic, it is difficult to even practice in a wetlab. As a woman ophthalmologist, it is often more difficult to balance surgical training with family life. However, the kitchen can be converted into a surgical wetlab with some imagination. Dedicated to young ophthalmologists in training, we show the various thing we can use to convert a kitchen into an ophthalmic surgical wet lab. There is a method to simulate looking through a microscope. Practice superior rectus suture, incision, tunelling, capsulorrhexis, nucleus delivery, trenching, chopping, cortex aspiration & IOL placement using kitchen items. Glaucoma, squint, oculoplasty and cornea surgeries can be practiced using things found in the house. Single Pass Four Throw pupilloplasty and iridodialysis repair and other complex techniques can be easily learnt. These tips and tricks will help to make skillful, confident surgeons who take every opportunity to learn.