Read This Excerpt from an Eye Consult: as Is Common

question 73

Multiple Choice

Read this excerpt from an Eye Consult: As is common with this condition, the medicine alone was not enough to prevent glaucoma. I have been routinely monitoring her IOP, and it has risen in the recent past. It is my recommendation to perform a trabeculectomy to relieve the pressure. I discussed the risks and benefits from the surgery with Mrs. Robison, and she is interested in proceeding. She will contact my staff for scheduling.
According to the excerpt:

• A) The author would like to perform a trabeculectomy (incision into the eye's trabecular meshwork) to increase some of the patient's visual acuity.
• B) The author would like to perform a trabeculectomy (loosening of the eye's trabecular meshwork) to relieve some of the pressure on the outside of the patient's eye.
• C) The author would like to perform a trabeculectomy (reconstruction of the eye's trabecular meshwork) to increase the patient's field of vision.
• D) The author would like to perform a trabeculectomy (removal of part of the eye's trabecular meshwork) to relieve some of the pressure inside the patient's eye.
• E) The author would like to perform a trabeculectomy (suture of the eye's trabecular meshwork) to heal the patient's clouded lens.

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