A 68-Year-Old Man with an Extensive Left Retinal Detachment Is

question 28

Multiple Choice

A 68-year-old man with an extensive left retinal detachment is scheduled for a scleral buckling with cryopexy and pneumatic retinopexy.Preoperatively,the nurse prepares the patient for postoperative expectations by explaining which of the following?

• A) He will need to wear dark or tinted glasses to protect his eyes from ultraviolet light.
• B) He will have to wear bilateral eye patches to reduce movement of the operative eye.
• C) He will not have a return of lost vision,but the surgery will prevent further loss of vision in his left eye.
• D) He will have to maintain a prescribed head position to maintain contact of the bubble with the retinal break.

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