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06 / Ophthalmic Surgery · foundations

Losing the reading, and then the road signs

  1. ED
  2. Investigations
  3. Pre-Op
  4. OR
  5. Ward
  6. Debrief

Clinic assessment

Visual acuity is 6/24 right and 6/18 left. The red reflex is dulled in both eyes and the lenses appear yellow and opacified on slit lamp examination. She has stopped driving at night.

The surgical view during lens surgery
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Open in 3D: the eye and lens

What determines whether she is offered surgery?

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