Abstract |
This study presents the results of the prescription of small prisms in horizontally (N = 11) and vertically (N = 5) heterophoric patients after the onset of presbyopia. There was a high incidence of diplopia (69%) at an age where fusionnal adaptation capacities are limited. Prismatic treatment released the diplopia and asthenopic complaints in 100% of the cases. The prisms were easily included in prescriptions for progressive lenses in half of the cases. Their strength was eventually decreased in 12.5% of the cases, and they were totally eliminated in 12.5%. The prescription had to be increased in only one case. The mean follow-up was 2.8 years (with a range from 1 to 7.5 years).
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Authors | V Paris |
Journal | Bulletin de la Societe belge d'ophtalmologie
(Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol)
Vol. 273
Pg. 23-9
( 1999)
ISSN: 0081-0746 [Print] Belgium |
Vernacular Title | Traitement prismatique de la décompensation phorique à l'age de la presbytie. |
PMID | 10546379
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Diplopia
(etiology, rehabilitation)
- Eyeglasses
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Lenses
- Middle Aged
- Presbyopia
(complications)
- Retrospective Studies
- Strabismus
(etiology, rehabilitation)
- Treatment Outcome
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