title: [When is the prescription of prismatic eyeglasses reasonable?].
abstract: Prismatic glasses are used to deflect rays of light. In ophthalmology, prisms are mainly used to correct double vision caused by strabismus which is acquired after early childhood. In congenital or infantile strabismus, the image of the deviated eye is usually suppressed so that double vision does not occur and prismatic glasses are not indicated. Latent strabismus is very common and only rarely leads to double vision or asthenopic symptoms so that correction with prismatic glasses is only indicated in exceptional cases. The "Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase" is based on flawed assumptions, and therefore can not be recommended for the prescription of prisms.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik, Killianstr. 5, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland, guntram.kommerell@t-online.de.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kommerell
mesh_terms: D004172:Diplopia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005139:Eyeglasses; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D013285:Strabismus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*