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Ophthalmology
...refractive surgery is radial keratotomy.
...type of glaucoma is chronic open-angle glaucoma.
...glaucoma-related surgical procedure is trabeculectomy.
...cause of blindness in the developed world is proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
...etiology of visual loss in patients with diabetes mellitus is macular edema.
...cause of eye malposition is lagopthalmos secondary to eyelid retraction, proptosis, and CN VII
palsy.
...cause of proptosis in children is periocular infection
...cause of proptosis in adults is Grave's Disease.
...cause of red eye is conjunctivitis.
...cause of ocular venous occlusion is glaucoma.
...tissue transplant is corneal
...reason for corneal treatment: pseudophakic bullous keratopathy
Orthopedics
...location of hip fracture is at the femoral neck and intertrochanter.
...sprained ligament is the anterior talofibular ligament.
...foci of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis are the metaphases of long bones secondary to
turbulent flow.
...variety of osteoporosis is the involutional type, often seen in post-menopausal women.
...musculoskeletal morbidity in the elderly is osteoarthritis.
The most moveable joint is the genohumoral joint.
The strongest bone segment is the femoral shaft.
ENT
...cause of otitis externa pseudomonas
...benign lesion of the ear is actinic keratosis
...congenital external ear malformation is lop ear (absence of cartilage).
...causative organisms of otitis media are H. influenzae and Strep. pneumoniae.
...cause of trauma to the middle ear is foreign object insertion.
...tumor is benign acoustic neuroma.
...cause of vertigo is vestibular neuritis.
...site of epistaxis is Kiesselbach's plexus (in nasal septum).
...location of epistaxis in children is anterior, often traumatic.
...location of epistaxis in adults is posterior, secondary to system causes such as hypertension
and atherosclerosis.
...tumor of the paranasal sinuses is osteoma
...infectious disease in humans is acute viral rhinitis
...non-infectious cause of rhinitis is allergic (about 20% of population).
...medical cause of rhinitis is decongestant abuse
...orbital infection is acute ethmoidal sinusitis
...fungal infection of the oral cavity is moniliasis.
...benign neoplasm of the oral cavity and pharynx is squamous papilloma.
...malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity and pharyn is squamous cell carcinoma.
...benign neoplasm of the parotid gland in children is hemangioma
...malignant neoplasm of the parotid gland is mucoepidermoid carcinoma