title: Lens minibar to facilitate refraction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a lens minibar that facilitates refraction.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten lenses of 1-diopter increment were glued to form a hyperopic minibar (range from +1.00 to +5.00) and a myopic minibar (range from -1.00 to -5.00), the size of a credit card.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The lens minibar allowed expedited refraction in children and in consultations that took place outside the clinic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The lens minibar is an inexpensive, small, lightweight tool that facilitates quick refraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Salti
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009216:Myopia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular