Indirect Ophthalmoscopy: Comprehensive Posterior Segment Examination

Indirect Ophthalmoscopy: Comprehensive Posterior Segment Examination

Clinical Skills Corner
Episode 10
03:502025-10-12
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Episode Description

Learn to examine the entire retina with binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy. This episode covers techniques to get a wide-field, stereoscopic view of the posterior segment, crucial for detecting retinal tears, detachments, and peripheral pathology.

Tags

indirect ophthalmoscopy
BIO
posterior segment
retinal detachment
peripheral retina
fundus exam
stereoscopic view
scleral depression
retinal tear

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