| Code: F7ABOKRV |
Correction of Refractive Errors |
| Lecturer: |
Weekly load: 1P |
Completion: EX |
| Department: 17101 |
Credits: 1 |
Semester: S |
- Description:
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Subject is focused on theory and practical examination of refractive errors and various possibilities of correction of refractive errors. Optical and surgical correction of refractive errors. Objective methods of refraction. Subjective methods of refraction. Correction of myopia. Correction of hypermetropia. Correction of astigmatism. Correction of presbyopia. Determination of binocular balance. Basic techniques of surgical correction of refractive errors. Refractive surgery. Methods of laser keratorefractive surgery. Implantation of intraocular lenses.
- Contents:
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1. Refractive errors.
2. Correction of refractive errors
3. Principles of accommodation and presbyopia
4. Aphakia,anisometropia,aniseikonia
5. Objective refraction - skiaskopia, autorefractometer
6. Objective refraction - Javal's ophthalmometer, cornea topography
7. Influence of medicaments to refraction and accommodation
8. Refractive surgery
9. Methods of laser keratorefractive surgery
10. Refractive surgery -indication
11. Intraocular surgery
12. Implantation of intraocular lenses.
13. Surgical solution of presbyopia
14. Summary
- Recommended literature:
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[1] BENJAMIN, W. J., BORISH, I. M., Borish's Clinical Refraction, ed. 2, Butterworth-Heinemann: Elsevier, 2006, 1255 s., ISBN 978-0-7506-7524-6
[2] SCHEIMAN, M., WICK, B., Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders, ed. 4., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013, 752 s., ISBN 978-1-45117-525-7.
Abbreviations used:
Semester:
- W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
- S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
- W,S ... both semesters
Mode of completion of the course:
- A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
- GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
- EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
- A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)
Weekly load (hours per week):
- P ... lecture
- C ... seminar
- L ... laboratory
- R ... proseminar
- S ... seminar