title: [Better prognosis for amblyopics by means of full prismatic correction after monocular treatment (author's transl)].
abstract: Binocular training with full prismatic correction after the monocular therapy by occlusion brings a further improvement of the visual acuity as well as shown in a study of 29% (138 cases) of 469 selected cases with binocular problems and 43% (260 cases) of about 600 unselected cases of squint actually in treatment in the practice and orthoptic years the strength of the prisms is determined with the monocular covertest, in elder patients with the Polatest. If the amblyopia is connected with squint, an operation will only be performed after the amblyopia is improved and some degree of binocularity is reached by means of prisms. - 80% of the selected and 48% of the unselected cases reached a visual acuity of 1,0 on the amblyopic eye, including originally severe cases with eccentric fixation. In about 80% of all cases binocular single vision and stereopsis were reached. Failures were mainly due to remaining eccentric fixation, mostly connected with severe ARC, too advanced age at ting the prisms, too long intervals between controls etc.) - Finally, the importance of cooperation with an orthoptist and the social medical aspects of better chances for amblyopics are accentuated.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009988:Orthoptics / Q000379:methods; D013285:Strabismus / Q000628:therapy; D014792:Visual Acuity
vernacular_title: Verbesserung der Prognose von Amblyopien durch Prismentherapie im Anshiuss an die monokulare Behandlung.