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OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL ASSISTANT
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
When should the consent form for surgery be completed? - correct-answer -Prior
to the procedure, before any medications are administered
In what position is the patient placed during surgery? - correct-answer -Supine
What are 3 types of operative admissions for surgery? - correct-answer -
Emergency, urgent, and elective
What is the difference between enucleation and evisceration? - correct-answer -
Enucleation- the entire globe is removed
Evisceration- the ocular contents are removed with the scleral shell preserved
Dermatochalasis can be treated using which surgical procedure? - correct-answer -
Blepharoplasty
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During vitrectomy, where are the sclerotomy incisions made? - correct-answer -
Through the pars plana
Which surgical procedure could be used to treat a diabetic patient with a non-
clearing vitreous hemorrhage? - correct-answer -Vitrectomy
Surgical treatment of a macular hole would require which surgical techniques? -
correct-answer -Vitrectomy, membrane peel, gas fluid exchange
A pneumatic retinopexy could be used to treat what ocular condition? - correct-
answer -Retinal detachment
A scleral buckle refers to which surgical procedure? - correct-answer -Repair of
retinal detachment using a circumferential band to indent the sclera and choroid
A conjunctival autograft could be used in which ophthalmic surgical procedure? -
correct-answer -Excision of pterygium
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What muscle is resected (shortened) to surgically correct ptosis? - correct-answer
-Levator palpebrae superioris
The abbreviation PKP stands for what procedure? - correct-answer -Penetrating
keratoplasty
The abbreviation LASIK stands for what procedure? - correct-answer -Laser in situ
keratomileusis
Astigmatism is surgically corrected with what procedure? - correct-answer -
Astigmatic Keratotomy (AK)
What refractive technique utilizes a microkeratome? - correct-answer -Laser in situ
keratomileusis (LASIK)
What type of laser surgery aids in the reduction of severe vision loss from
proliferative diabetic retinopathy? - correct-answer -Panretinal photocoagulation
(PRP)
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What laser procedure produces new channels to drain fluid within the trabecular
meshwork? - correct-answer -Argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT)
What technique is often used to remove malignant tumors and/or growths from
the eyelids? - correct-answer -Moh's technique
What surgical procedure is used in the treatment of angle-closure glaucoma? -
correct-answer -Laser peripheral iridotomy
What procedure involves suturing the upper eyelid to the lower eyelid? - correct-
answer -Tarsorrhaphy
What is the abbreviation for phototherapeutic keratectomy? - correct-answer -PTK
Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) is used to correct what medical eye
conditions? - correct-answer -Recurrent corneal erosions and superficial corneal
scarring
OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL ASSISTANT
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
When should the consent form for surgery be completed? - correct-answer -Prior
to the procedure, before any medications are administered
In what position is the patient placed during surgery? - correct-answer -Supine
What are 3 types of operative admissions for surgery? - correct-answer -
Emergency, urgent, and elective
What is the difference between enucleation and evisceration? - correct-answer -
Enucleation- the entire globe is removed
Evisceration- the ocular contents are removed with the scleral shell preserved
Dermatochalasis can be treated using which surgical procedure? - correct-answer -
Blepharoplasty
, 2
During vitrectomy, where are the sclerotomy incisions made? - correct-answer -
Through the pars plana
Which surgical procedure could be used to treat a diabetic patient with a non-
clearing vitreous hemorrhage? - correct-answer -Vitrectomy
Surgical treatment of a macular hole would require which surgical techniques? -
correct-answer -Vitrectomy, membrane peel, gas fluid exchange
A pneumatic retinopexy could be used to treat what ocular condition? - correct-
answer -Retinal detachment
A scleral buckle refers to which surgical procedure? - correct-answer -Repair of
retinal detachment using a circumferential band to indent the sclera and choroid
A conjunctival autograft could be used in which ophthalmic surgical procedure? -
correct-answer -Excision of pterygium
, 3
What muscle is resected (shortened) to surgically correct ptosis? - correct-answer
-Levator palpebrae superioris
The abbreviation PKP stands for what procedure? - correct-answer -Penetrating
keratoplasty
The abbreviation LASIK stands for what procedure? - correct-answer -Laser in situ
keratomileusis
Astigmatism is surgically corrected with what procedure? - correct-answer -
Astigmatic Keratotomy (AK)
What refractive technique utilizes a microkeratome? - correct-answer -Laser in situ
keratomileusis (LASIK)
What type of laser surgery aids in the reduction of severe vision loss from
proliferative diabetic retinopathy? - correct-answer -Panretinal photocoagulation
(PRP)
, 4
What laser procedure produces new channels to drain fluid within the trabecular
meshwork? - correct-answer -Argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT)
What technique is often used to remove malignant tumors and/or growths from
the eyelids? - correct-answer -Moh's technique
What surgical procedure is used in the treatment of angle-closure glaucoma? -
correct-answer -Laser peripheral iridotomy
What procedure involves suturing the upper eyelid to the lower eyelid? - correct-
answer -Tarsorrhaphy
What is the abbreviation for phototherapeutic keratectomy? - correct-answer -PTK
Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) is used to correct what medical eye
conditions? - correct-answer -Recurrent corneal erosions and superficial corneal
scarring
