Ophthalmic Assistant

Category - Patient Services and Education

A routine comprehensive eye examination includes all of the following except
  1. slit-lamp examination.
  2. tonometry examination.
  3. visual acuity examination.
  4. applanation biometry.
Explanation
Answer: D - applanation biometry.

Applanation biometry is not part of a routine comprehensive eye examination. An applanation biometry is an ophthalmic ultrasound that allows monitoring of ocular diseases such as congenital glaucoma, in which the young eye grows abnormally large, or of intraocularor orbital tumors, so that the dimensions of the mass can be tracked.
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