Medical Transcription Terms
Ophthalmology
| Common Abbreviations: |
| Common Terms: Amsler grid test, corona radiata, cup-to-disk ratio, Hirschberg test, Humphrey visual field test, Ishihara color plates, slit-lamp eye, supersharp blade, Tono-Pen, vitreous |
| Medications: |
| Procedures/Reports: Cataract Right Eye |
| Cataract Surgery Terms: BSS (used to rehydrate corneal), Honan balloon, keratome, lens nuclear and cortical materials, lid speculum, limbal corneal incision, MVR blade, paracentesis, phacoemulsification instrument, SS 27 gauge cannula, Vitrax |
| Cystotome: straight, formed and angled, and irrigating |
| Eye Surgery Terms: AcrySof AS60AT, bupivacaine, Capsulorrhexis, Cyclogyl (12%), Cystotome, Cystotome knives, dexamethasone, Healon, lidocaine, Monarch injector system, peribulbar block, phacoemulsification, phenylephrine (0.25%), Subconjunctival Kefzol, Utrata forceps |
| keratome: Knife for incising the cornea. |
| phacoemulsification: a modification of the extracapsular cataract extraction |