Ophthalmic Surgery — Flashcards

Flashcard 31: Modified C-loop type is a kind of _____

Answer: PCIOL

Flashcard 32: Treatment of uveal effusion syndrome is usually with full-thickness _____.

Answer: sclerectomy

Flashcard 33: What is the most commonly used ACIOL?_____

Answer: Kelman multiflex

Flashcard 34: Spectacles are prescribed _____ weeks after cataract surgery after the course of steroids is over, to allow time for the incision to heal and check visual acuity

Answer: 6

Flashcard 35: _____ is an effective method of treatment after excision of pterygium with astigmatism

Answer: Conjunctival autografting

Flashcard 36: Toxic lens syndrome/Toxic anterior segment syndrome is seen as a _____ complication of cataract surgery

Answer: early

Flashcard 37: _____ is used to visualise the angle of the anterior chamber

Answer: Gonioscope

Flashcard 38: What is the management of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery?

Answer: Intravitreal antibiotics

Flashcard 39: The **iris-fixated intraocular lens (IOL)**, which is clipped to the iris stroma (iris claw), is known as the __________ lens.

Answer: Singh-Worst lens (Iris claw lens)

Extra: The Singh-Worst lens is an iris-fixated intraocular lens (IOL). It is clipped onto the anterior iris stroma (a process called enclavation). It is typically used for secondary IOL implantation in aphakic eyes that lack adequate capsular support for a posterior chamber IOL.

Flashcard 40: In SRK formula, L is calculated by _____

Answer: "A" scan ultrasonography