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Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Lens anatomy and cataract disease, preoperative planning, surgical technique and complications, IOL selection, and refractive surgery — organized into the same clinical concepts the app tests on.
Lens & Cataract Disease
Crystalline Lens Anatomy & Physiology
Capsule, epithelium, zonules, fiber cells, metabolism, accommodation.
ReadCataract Morphology & Classification
Nuclear sclerotic, cortical, PSC, mature/hypermature, traumatic and pediatric forms.
ReadCataract Clinical Presentation & Risk Factors
Symptoms, myopic shift, and the systemic and iatrogenic risk factors that accelerate cataract.
ReadPediatric Cataract & Leukocoria
Red reflex screening, congenital cataract, and the surgical timing window for amblyopia prevention.
ReadPreoperative Planning
Preoperative Biometry & IOL Power Calculation
Optical vs ultrasound biometry, ACD/ELP, and formula selection.
ReadIOL Power Calculation in Atypical Eyes
Post-LASIK, silicone oil-filled, and posterior staphyloma eyes.
ReadKeratometry & Corneal Power Measurement
Keratometry principles and units, white-to-white measurement.
ReadVisual Acuity & Preoperative Testing
Pinhole test, potential acuity meter, specular microscopy.
ReadSurgical Technique & Complications
Phacoemulsification Surgical Technique
Capsulorhexis, hydrodissection, nucleofractis, phaco fluidics.
ReadOphthalmic Viscosurgical Devices & Surgical Adjuncts
OVDs, trypan blue staining, pupil expansion devices.
ReadIntraoperative Complications
Dropped nucleus, capsule rupture, IFIS, vitreous loss.
ReadPostoperative Complications
Endophthalmitis, Irvine-Gass CME, TASS.
ReadPosterior Capsule Opacification & YAG Capsulotomy
Pathophysiology, morphology, risk factors, and laser treatment.
ReadPseudoexfoliation & Zonular Instability
Phacodonesis and capsule rupture risk.
ReadIOL Selection
IOL Types — Monofocal & Toric
Monofocal outcomes, toric alignment and misalignment.
ReadIOL Types — Presbyopia-Correcting
Multifocal, EDOF, trifocal, photic phenomena, patient selection.
ReadPhakic IOLs & ICL
ICL sizing/vault, iris-fixated, angle-supported, complications.
ReadRefractive Surgery & Optics
Refractive Surgery — LASIK/PRK/SMILE
Technique and candidacy.
ReadRefractive Lens Exchange
Indications, age considerations, RLE vs phakic IOL.
ReadOptics of Refractive Error & Spectacle Correction
Myopia/hyperopia/presbyopia optics, lens sign conventions.
ReadTest yourself on Cataract & Refractive Surgery
OphthoAcademy has real practice questions across all of these clinical concepts, with spaced repetition to help it stick.
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