Ophthalmological Medical Transcription Operative Words For MTs
AcrySof lens
air-fluid gas exchange
akinesia
aqueous fluid
Acular
Alcon lens
Alphagan
Amvisc Plus
anterior chamber
Atkinson needle
atropine
balanced salt solution
baseball stitch
Beaver blade
belly (of muscle)
bimanual technique
BIOM (binocular indirect ophthalmic microscope)
blepharoplasty
blepharostat
brunescent cataract
BSS cannula
Calibri forceps
canthal angle
capsular bag
capsule polisher
Carbocaine plain
Cavitron-Kelman
ceftazidime
chalk-white cataract
chip-and-flip technique
Chiron
conjunctival peritomy
Connor forceps
Connor wand
corneal relaxing incisions
corneal trough
cortex
cortical material
cotton pad
crescent blade
crescent knife
cryopexy
cryotherapy
curved Stevens scissors
curvilinear capsulorrhexis
Descemet membrane
Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty technique
Desmarres knife
Desmarres lid clamp
Desmarres retractor
Devers dissectors
diopters
dividing-conquer fashion
egress
elastoplast tape dressing
endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation
endothelial keratoplasty technique
epinucleus
episcleral bite
ExPress shunt
extracapsular cataract extraction
eye knife
eye pad
eye shield
eyelid crease
Feaster diamond blade
flocculent material
fluorescein strip
forced ductions
fornix-based conjunctival flap
fornix based flap
foveal burn
Fox eye shield
Fragmatome
freeze-thaw technique
funduscopy
Garamycin
Gass muscle hook
globe
golden ring sign
Grieshaber blade
hand-over-hand technique
Healon
Hessburg-Barron punch / trephine
hydrodelineation
hydrodissection
I&A handpiece
IA tip
iatrogenic retinal breaks
indirect laser photocoagulation
indirect ophthalmoscopy
Indocyanine green dye (ICG)
Inferior oblique muscle
intracamerally
Iopidine ophthalmic drops
iris hook
irrigation-aspiration handpiece
Jameson hook
keratome
keratoscope
Kuglen hook
Lacrilube
lagophthalmos
LASIK
lateral palpebral raphe
Lester manipulator
levator aponeurosis
levator function
lid speculum
Lieberman wire lid speculum
light pipe
limbal groove
limbal paracentesis
limbus
loupe magnification
macular pucker
Maxitrol ointment
McPherson forceps
medial canthus
methylene blue
Miochol
Miostat
Monarch cartridge
Monarch injector
MVR blade
nasolacrimal duct
nuclear cracking technique
nucleus
O’Brien facial block
Ocuflox
_____ o’clock position (blank would be the appropriate number dictated by doc)
ocular transillumination
operating keratoscope
Optisol
orbicularis oculi
orbital rim
palpebral conjunctiva
pars plana
perfluorocarbon liquid
peribulbar anesthesia
phacoemulsification
phaco tip
pilocarpine
pinch technique
plana vitrectomy
Polysporin ointment
posterior chamber
posterior chamber lens implantation
Provisc
punctal orifice
pupilloplasty
rectus muscle
retinal detachment
retrobulbar block
retrobulbar injection
Rosenwasser shovel
sclera (hangback position/technique)
scleral bag
scleral buckle
scleral defect
scleral trapdoor
sclerotomy
Seidel testing
senile immature cataract
side-port knife
side-port incision
Sinskey hook
slit-lamp examination
stop-and-chop technique
stromal hydration
subciliary
subgaleal dissection
superonasal fornix
Synergetics retinal pick
Tano eraser
Tano ring
tarsal plate
tarsoconjunctival wedge
tenon’s fascia
Tenon’s space or capsule
Tenzel elevator
Tenzel flap
Tenzel forceps
tetracaine drops
Thornton fixation ring
timolol
Timoptic
TobraDex
towel clamp
Trypan blue
Ultrata capsulorrhexis forceps
uveal
Vannas scissors
Vigamox
Viscoat
viscoelastic
Vision Blue (contrast) – used during cataract surgery
vitreal tuft
vitrector probe
vitreous hemorrhage
vitreous wicks
watertight
Watzke sleeve
Weck-Cel sponge
wedge-shaped incision
Westcott scissors
wet-field cautery
wide angle viewing system
wire lid speculum
Weck trephine
Wydase
