Cataract Surgery
This cloudy structure is removed during cataract surgery and replaced with an IOL.
What is the crystalline lens?
This instrument stabilizes the eyelids and keeps the eye open during surgery.
What is a lid speculum?
Hands and arms should remain above this level after performing a surgical hand scrub.
What is waist level?
This is the first person the scrub technician should notify if a sterile item becomes contaminated.
Who is the circulating nurse or surgeon?
This machine is commonly used to break up and remove cataracts using ultrasound energy.
What is a phacoemulsification machine?
This ophthalmic instrument is commonly used to measure intraocular pressure.
What is a Tonopen?
A sterile team member should maintain approximately this minimum distance from another sterile field when passing.
What is 12 inches?
This life-threatening reaction may occur after exposure to triggering anesthetic agents.
What is malignant hyperthermia?
This artificial device is implanted into the eye after cataract extraction.
What is an intraocular lens (IOL)?
This instrument is used to create a circular opening in the anterior capsule.
What are capsulorhexis forceps?
Only these types of items may come into contact with the sterile field.
What are sterile items?
This emergency cart should be immediately available when responding to a patient cardiac arrest.
What is the crash cart?
This medication is commonly used to maintain pupil dilation during cataract surgery.
What is phenylephrine (or a mydriatic agent)?
This instrument is commonly used to grasp and manipulate delicate ocular tissue.
What are tying forceps or Colibri forceps?
This action is prohibited once sterile drapes are placed and define the sterile field.
What is repositioning or moving the sterile drape?
Sudden severe eye pain, nausea, and increased IOP may indicate this ophthalmic emergency.
What is acute angle-closure glaucoma?
During cataract surgery, this transparent capsule is preserved to support the IOL.
What is the posterior lens capsule?
This instrument is used to irrigate and aspirate cortical lens material.
What is the I/A handpiece?
Moisture penetrating a sterile barrier is known by this term.
What is strike-through contamination?
This retinal condition is often described by patients as seeing flashes, floaters, or a curtain over vision.
What is retinal detachment?