Retina

Question 1

When tears and holes are detected before the retina actually detaches, they are sealed by what?

Answer 1

Cryotherapy or Laser Photocoagultion

Question 2

What retinal procedure injects expandable gas into the eye, creating a high surface tension, resulting in closure of the hole?

Answer 2

Pneumatic Retinopexy

Question 3

What is used to mark the retinal tears before retinal surgery?

Answer 3

Diathermy Marking Pencil

Question 4

What would be indicated in cases of macular pucker, sever proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), and retinal detachment?

Answer 4

Membrane Peel

Question 5

What procedure has been shown to reduce the risk of severe loss of proliferative diabetic retinopathy?

Answer 5

Panretinal Photoagulation (PRP)

Question 6

What retinal procedure is performed through the pars plana to remove vitreous gel or retinal membranes that keep the retina detached?

Answer 6

Victrectomy

Question 7

What are the three methods to repair a retinal detachment?

Answer 7

Scleral Buckle
Pneumatic Retinopexy
Victrectomy

Question 8

What retinal procedure uses circumferential or radial band to indent the sclera so that the choroid is pushed onto the retina?

Answer 8

Scleral Buckle

Question 9

What is the thin transparent structure that lines the interior surface of the eye?

Answer 9

Retina

Question 10

What is the separation of the retina from the choroid, maybe the result of tears or holes in the retinal surface?

Answer 10

Retinal Detachment

Question 11

Victrectomy is performed where?

Answer 11

The Pars Plana