title: [Prismatic treatment for heterophoric decompensation after onset of presbyopia].
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).
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007909:Lenses; D008875:Middle Aged; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013285:Strabismus / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome