The nurse explains to a patient with retinal detachment that the surgical implementation that is most effective is:
1. removing the lens.
2. macular bonding.
3. LASIK surgery.
4. scleral buckling.
4
Scleral buckling is used to hold the retinal repair in place. The band is left in place to keep the layers of the eye tissue together.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1183
OBJ: 5 TOP: Retinal Detachment
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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