Miscellaneous
          • A new drug delivered as eye drops is introduced for the treatment of chronic simple glaucoma. Discuss with appropriate statistical methods how the efficacy of this drug can be assessed.
           
          • Your are asked to mount an eye safety campaign in the United Kingdom. Give your recommendations (with justications) and an indication of priorities
           
          • A prospective audit is proposed of the following complications of trabeculectomy
            • Flat anterior chamber
              Hyphaema
              The need for further surgery
            Describe how you would organize such an audit arranging your answer under the following subheading:
              a. setting standards
              b. collecting the data
              c. using the results
            You should base your answer on a single hospital department which is familiar to you. Include details of any characteristics of the department, such as the number of operations per week, that influence the way that you plan the audit
           
          • What are the principles of the computerized tomography (CT scan)? Outline its use in ophthalmology
          • Write short notes on: a. the relative merits of CT scanning and MRI scanning
           
          • Describe the adverse effects of light on the eye and ocular changes
           
          • Discuss the pathogenesis, investigations and management of choroidal detachment.
           
          • Describe the pathological effects of radiant energy of different wavelengths on the eye and ocular adnexae with special reference to the macular and light of visible wavelength. State how significant exposure may occur and how these effects can be minimized
           
          • Discuss the sue of ionizing radiation in diseases of the eye and adnexa.
           
           
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