Refractive Surgery

Front 1

Before refractive surgery, why is it important to know if they have ever had HSV?

Back 1

b/c UV light can reactivate the virus

Front 2

Lasik will ______ the IOP for a short term. What kind of a patient is this important for?

Back 2

increase, glaucoma

Front 3

There are many contraindications for refractive surgery, name 6.

Back 3

1- pregnant patients
2- Hx of autoimmune, collage vascular or immunodeficiency diseases
3- Hx of keratoconus
4- Hx of keloid formation(scars)
5- on meds: acutane, cordarone, imitrex
6- psycho patients

Front 4

What age has the FDA labeled as "old enough" to get lasik?

Back 4

18

Front 5

Yos must ALWAYS measure the pupil size in _____ light before refractive surgery. Ablate around the pupil to reduce ______.

Back 5

low, glare and halos

Front 6

Should you do a cyclopleged refraction on every patient before you do refractive surgery.

Back 6

YES

Front 7

Before refractive surgery, remove soft CTL for _____. Remove RG for _________.

Back 7

soft CTL = 3-4 days
RG = 3-4 weeks

Front 8

After refractive surgery, the patient must wait _____ before wearing their soft CL.

Back 8

1 week (why would they need their Ctl anyway????)

Front 9

ORBSHOT can show ________ cornea curvature. Why is this a good thing?

Back 9

posterior, b/c in subtle keratoconus cases, posterior abnormalites can come before anterior.

Front 10

The VISX WaveScan wavefront systems measures imperfections ______ times more percisely than any other system.

Back 10

25 times