If you notice that distant objects seem to be fuzzy or your child is struggling to see things in the distance, such as the blackboard at school, you should arrange for a sight test with a professional optometrist. Treatments & Suggestions There are three main treatment options for short-sight...
In this context, documenting delays between initial presentation to the optometrist and referral for collagen-cross-linking as well as comparing the trends in visual acuity and refractive error between keratoconic and non-keratoconic patients over time are particularly relevant.Bobba...
Often, an automated refraction will be performed by a member of the doctor’s staff, and then the eye doctor will refine and verify the results with a manual refraction. Your refraction may reveal that you have more than one type of refractive error. For example, your blurred vision may be...
Correcting refractive errors requires expert care. If you are looking online for “optometrist Lexington KY” or “Versailles eye clinic,” look no further. The optometrists at our Lexington eye care center work with a supporting staff of around 50 employees. Each Versailles optometrist takes pride ...
First, a professional translator (AAA) and an optometrist (NSS), who were Malay-English bilinguals, independently translated the original QIRC into Malay. A panel of experts analysed the content equivalence of the translation with the original version [19] and the suitability of the translated ...
At least 30 minutes after the first set of eye drops, cycloplegic refraction, via retinoscopy or subjective cycloplegic refraction, if possible, was performed by a pediatric optometrist (N.L.C., Y.M.P.) or ophthalmologist (S.F.F., S.G.P.), masked to the results of self...
Refraction was measured objectively with a Canon R-1 autorefractor and subjectively by an optometrist using standard procedures. Corneal curvature and axial ocular dimensions were measured with a keratometer and A-scan ultrasonography, respectively. RESULTS: Of eyes emmetropic at the start of the ...
For example, I recently operated on a woman who came in for cataract surgery and was referred from an outside optometrist. We did a thorough analysis of her eyes and found a pretty large epiretinal membrane in her right eye, so we decided to put a monofocal IOL in that eye. Eve...
The patient was given a prescription for glasses by his optometrist and scheduled for a follow up exam 2 months later. At the subsequent visit, his vision and exam were unchanged except for trace folds in the posterior capsule. The patient did not want to wear glasses; therefore, he wa...
Another possible reason is that in many cases, even though the surgeon performs the surgery, the referring optometrist/primary care ophthalmologist carries out postoperative follow-up. It is disappointing that the major high street providers of laser refractive surgery have not, to date, contributed ...