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. 2022 Apr;70(4):1432-1433.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_3182_21.

On the other hand - Developing ambidextrous/mixed handedness organisation for ophthalmic procedures

Prasanna V Ramesh  1 , Pranesh Balasubramaniam  2 , Aji Kunnath Devadas  3 , Prajnya Ray  3 , Shruthy V Ramesh  4 , Meena K Ramesh  5 , Ramesh Rajasekaran  6
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On the other hand - Developing ambidextrous/mixed handedness organisation for ophthalmic procedures

Prasanna V Ramesh et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Apr.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Image showing the 90D lens held in the clinician’s left hand while performing fundus examination of the patient’s right eye. (b) Image showing the 90D lens held in the clinician’s left hand while performing fundus examination on the patient’s left eye, which involves touching the patient’s face, causing patient discomfort. (c) Image showing the rhexis initiated with the cystitome in the right hand, which is interchanged to the left hand (d) to complete it in the area which is sub-incisional for the right hand, for better circularity
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a and b) Image showing the surgeon’s dominant and non-dominant foot interchanging while accessing and pressing the microscope pedal and phaco machine foot pedal between different right eye and left eye surgeries, respectively (which involves different surgeon positions)
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