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Post-op Complications of Cataract Surgery- Mnemonics

Early Post-operative Complications- FETISH F- Flat Anterior Chamber E- Bacterial Endophthalmitis T- Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome I-   Iris prolapse S-  Striate keratopathy H- Hyphaema Late Post-operative Complications- ABCDEFG A- After cataract B- Pseudophakic Bullous keratopathy C- Cystoid Macular Edema D- Retinal Detachment E- Epithelial ingrowth/ Endophthalmitis F- Fibrous downgrowth G- Glaucoma-in-aphakia and pseudophakia

Nebula or Leucoma - Which is better for the patient?

Answer: Leucoma Nebula in pupillary region is more harmful for the patient than a small leucoma. As nebula causes irregular astigmatism, it can only be treated with contact lens. A small leucoma cuts only a few rays going inside the eye so clarity of vision is better.

Crossed and Uncrossed Diplopia

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UNCROSSED diplopia: In convergent squint, the eyeball is rotated inward. Instead of falling on the fovea, the light from the object falls on the nasal side of the retina. Nasal side of the retina is is supposed to receive light from the temporal side of the visual field. So the image formed on the nasal side of the retina will be perceived by the brain as being on the temporal side of the visual field. So in convergent squint, instead of seeing a single image, 2 images will be seen in the temporal fields of each eye. The left eye sees the image on the left and the right eye sees the image on the right – This is UNCROSSED diplopia. CROSSED diplopia: In divergent squint, The eyeball being rotated outward, the image falls on the temporal side of the retina. Images formed on the temporal side of the retina is perceived as being from the nasal field by the brain. So the image seen by the left eye will be perceived as being on the right side and that seen by the right eye will be perc...