The falling test evaluates balance and equilibrium. Audiometry tests hearing ability. The Rinne and Weber tuning-fork test assesses nerve and bone conduction of sound. Otoscopy looks inside the ear.Which of the following surgical procedures means to remove the eyeball?
A) photorefractive keratectomy
B) laser photocoagulation
C) enucleation
D) scleral buckling
C) enucleation
Enucleation removes the eyeball. Photorefractive keratectomy corrects errors of
refraction. Laser photocoagulation destroys a piece of the retina. Scleral buckling stabilizes a
detaching retina.
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