Also known as yoked prisms, conjugate prismss are prisms with the bases oriented in the same direction before both eyes. They are sometimes used to treat A- or V-pattern deviations, where the angle of strabismus varies in upgaze and downgaze. For example, in V-pattern esotropia, where the eyes turn inward more in downgaze, base-down yoked prisms can be used to shift the eyes upward, away from the area of lost binocular vision.
Also known as yoked prisms, conjugate prismss are prisms with the bases oriented in the same direction before both eyes. They are sometimes used to treat A- or V-pattern deviations, where the angle of strabismus varies in upgaze and downgaze. For example, in V-pattern esotropia, where the eyes turn inward more in downgaze, base-down yoked […]
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