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  2. Optic cup (anatomical) - Wikipedia

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    The cup-to-disc ratio (often notated CDR) is a measurement used in ophthalmology and optometry to assess the progression of glaucoma. The optic disc is the anatomical location of the eye's "blind spot", the area where the optic nerve leave and blood vessels enter the retina. The optic disc can be flat or it can have a certain amount of normal ...

  3. Cupping - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... Cupping may refer to: Medicine. an increase in the cup-to-disc ratio in the eye; cupping artifact in a CT scan; Other

  4. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Visual acuity with eye chart at Near 15.7 inches (400 mm) and without (sc: Latin sine correctore) correctors (spectacles); Ncc is with (cc: Latin cum correctore) correctors. See Visual_acuity#Legal_definitions: VA OS Left visual acuity VA OD Right visual acuity VDU Visual display unit VF Visual field VPS Variable prism stereoscope WD

  5. Cupping therapy - Wikipedia

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    Cupping causes breaks in the capillaries (small blood vessels) in the papillary dermis layer of the skin, resulting in the appearance of petechiae and purpura. [1] These marks are sometimes mistaken for signs of child abuse when cupping is performed on children. [1] Cupping therapy adverse events can be divided into local and systemic adverse ...

  6. Keratoprosthesis - Wikipedia

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    An eyelid speculum is used to keep the eye open throughout the surgery. Some lubrication may be used to prevent the eye from drying. Some lubrication may be used to prevent the eye from drying. Depending on the type of keratoprosthesis used, the surgery may involve a full thickness replacement of the cornea or the placement of an intralamellar ...

  7. Dilated fundus examination - Wikipedia

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    Dilated fundus examination (DFE) is a diagnostic procedure that uses mydriatic eye drops to dilate or enlarge the pupil in order to obtain a better view of the fundus of the eye. [1] Once the pupil is dilated, examiners use ophthalmoscopy to view the eye's interior, which makes it easier to assess the retina , optic nerve head , blood vessels ...

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  9. List of instruments used in ophthalmology - Wikipedia

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    effectively two small canulae fitted together, one to introduce fluid and the other to extract the cortical materials, blood, etc. in eye operations •Lacrimal canula small curved canula the size of a syringe needle used to introduce fluids or drugs into the nasolacrimal passage to test its patency or during surgery ( dacrocystography ...