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Ophthalmic Assistant Recent Questions with
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Quiz: 4 Oculoplastic surgeries

Ans: Ptosis, blepharoplasty, enucleation, evisceration



Quiz: 7 Corneal surgeries

Ans: Keratoplasty, pterygium, LASIK, LASEK, PRK, PTK, RK



Quiz: 2 Oculomotor surgeries

Ans: Resection and recession



Quiz: Tests for Cataract surgeries

Ans: corneal topography, BAT, PAM



Quiz: 2 Glaucoma surgeries

Ans: Trabeculectomy and Iridotomy



Quiz: 3 Retina surgeries/procedures

Ans: Vitrectomy, photocoagulation, and injections



Quiz: What is ptosis?

Ans: droopy eyelids, the surgeon will perform a surgery to raise the eyelids.



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,Quiz: what is dermatochalasis? How is it corrected?

Ans: Extra skin on the eyelids corrected with blepharoplasty



Quiz: what is an enucleation?

Ans: "nukes whole eye" is the removal of the entire eyeball leaving only the
muscles and orbit intact



Quiz: what is Evisceration?

Ans: "Leaves visible sclera" is the removal of the entire contents of the eye
leaving the sclera.



Quiz: what is Keratoplasty ?

Ans: A dying part of the cornea is replaced with donated corneal tissue.
This is also known as corneal grafting or a corneal transplant.



Quiz: what is Pterygium Surgery?

Ans: The removal of tissue which grows over the cornea.



Quiz: 2 strabismus correction surgeries

Ans: Resections and recession



Quiz: Recession surgery

Ans: performed by attaching the muscle
further back on the eye, weakening the muscle.



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,Quiz: resection surgery

Ans: performed by shortening the tendon, strengthening the muscle.



Quiz: what is PAM?

Ans: Potential Acuity Meter estimates the vision a patient may have after
cataract surgery.



Quiz: what does a patient see when they look in he PAM?

Ans: A visual acuity chart is seen. The visual acuity chart lights up, helping
the patient see it through media opacities. A device which attaches to
a slit lamp.



Quiz: what is BAT?

Ans: Brightness acuity test



Quiz: What is Gluacoma?

Ans: The death of the optic nerve. High eye pressure is associated with
glaucoma. A
decrease in aqueous outflow causes eye pressure to increase.



Quiz: How does Aqueous flow through the eye?

Ans: It is produced by the ciliary body,
flows through the pupil, over the iris, and out through the trabecular
meshwork.




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, Quiz: What is Open Angle Glaucoma?

Ans: The most common kind of glaucoma. It occurs when the trabecular
meshwork is not functioning properly. It is
like a clogged drain. The aqueous can't filter out effectively so more pressure
builds
up.



Quiz: what is a trabeculectomy?

Ans: A laser is used to poke a hole in the limbus.
The aqueous then flows underneath the conjunctiva. This area is a bleb.
Remember, Pressure = Force/Area. This surgery increases area which
decreases pressure



Quiz: what is Closed Angle Glaucoma?

Ans: There is an angle that is made between the cornea and
the iris. When this angle shrinks, fluid can't drain out of the trabecular
meshwork. This increases eye pressure.



Quiz: How do you treat closed angle glaucoma?

Ans: The surgeon will do an iridotomy.



Quiz: what is a Vitrectomy?

Ans: The removal of vitreous from the eye. The physician may also decide to
do a vitrectomy if he wants to do retinal surgery.



Quiz: what is used to replace the vitreous in a vitrectomy?


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