Ophthalmic Surgery — Flashcards

Flashcard 71: Patients with choroidal metastases and a painful blind eye are treated with _____

Answer: enucleation

Flashcard 72: _____ is used for the **discission** (opening) of the lens capsule in congenital cataract surgery.

Answer: Ziegler knife

Flashcard 73: Length of the incision in intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE) is _____ mm.

Answer: 12-14 mm

Extra: **Cataract Surgery Incision Sizes:** - **ICCE:** 12-14 mm - **Conventional ECCE:** 10-12 mm - **SICS (Manual Small Incision):** 6-7 mm - **Phacoemulsification:** 2.2-3.2 mm

Flashcard 74: Rollable IOLs are made up of _____

Answer: acrylic

Flashcard 75: Intracameral _____ (1 mg in 0.1 mL) injected into the anterior chamber (AC) at the end of surgery to prevent development of endophthalmitis

Answer: cefuroxime

Flashcard 76: _____ laser is used for Trabeculoplasty, Iridoplasty, Pupillomydriasis and Retinal photo-coagulation

Answer: Argon

Flashcard 77: Intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation i.e Biometry is done using _____-scan

Answer: A

Flashcard 78: _____ laser is used for Posterior capsulotomy, Iridotomy and Hyaloidotomy

Answer: Nd:YAG

Flashcard 79: What is the best modality to prevent recurrence of pterygium?_____

Answer: Conjunctival limbal auto-grafting

Flashcard 80: _____ syndrome is a type of IOL malposition where intraocular lens subluxes superiorly

Answer: Sunrise