BOBV042 Binocular vision

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Edita Unčovská
Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology – Institutions shared with the Faculty Hospital Brno (paediatric medicine) – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Anna Petruželková
Supplier department: Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology – Institutions shared with the Faculty Hospital Brno (paediatric medicine) – Faculty of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
Binocular vision is ability to see with both eyes easily. It is not congenital, it developes from first year and consolidates until six year. You can divide it artificial on three levels. Binocular vision is important for carier choice and allso for social life. Disorders of binocular vision are strabismus( cross – eye) and amblyopie(blunt – sight). Strabismus can be treated by glasses and pleoptic, surgery and ortoptic(re – creation of binocular vision). Paralytical strabismus occurs as result of oculomotorical nerve or muscules paralysis, or CNS disorder. Paralysis allso express itselfs as deviation of eye and binocular vision disorder.
Syllabus
  • definition of binocular vision, its development and division - patologie of binocular vision: damping, amblyopie, abnormal retinal correspondence. Visual acquity, colour sense, accomodation and convergation and their relationship. - Anatomie and function of external eye muscules. - Refractive abnormalities by strabismus. Heteroforie and its different types. - Strabismus – definition, origin theory, current theory of strabismus origin. Division and characteristic of several types of strabismus. - Examination of strabismus by children of different age(from birth until 18 years). Familiar, personal and special ophtalmological anamnesis. - Examination of visual acuity, fixation, cover test, Bruckners transilumination test, gama angle measuring, eye motility examination basicly and quantitativ, cross – eye deviation measurment, examination of simply binocular vision, teste for retinal correspondence. - Refractive abnormalities examination and their correction by strabismus, prescription of different types of glasses. Surgery in case of shortsightendness. - Pleoptik – bluntsightendness treatment: different types of active and pasive pleoptik. Occlusion – its variety and indication to wearing it. - Surgical treatment – indication, age of operation, types of surgical intervention, its dosage. Rehabilitation after surgery. - Strabismus surgery of adults and its outcome. - Ortoptik (re – creation of binocular vision) – indication, kinds of treatment, outcomes. Paralytical strabismus – causes, types, examination, conservative and surgical treatment. Nystagmus. - Strabismus screening and monitoring. How can optician help by the strabismus care. - Exercise: introduce to running of strabological ambulance, ophtalmological unit a pleo – ortoptic practiceroom. - Assumption of principles and individual work with different diagnostic, therapeutic, pleoptic and ortopic devices: troposcop, Bagolinis glasses, Maddoxs cross, Worths lights, Hess schild, convergens – trainer, muscular trainer, cheiroscop, stereoscop and many others. Work with prizmatic glasses in praxis.
Literature
  • HROMÁDKOVÁ, Lada. Šilhání. 2. dopl. vyd. Brno: Institut pro další vzdělávání pracovníků ve zdravotnictví v Brně, 1995, 162 s. ISBN 8070132078. info
  • DIVIŠOVÁ, Gabriela. Strabismus. Vyd. 1. Praha: Avicenum, zdravotnické nakladatelství, 1979, 295 s. info
Teaching methods
class exercises, lecture, credit, examination
Assessment methods
class exercises, lecture, credit, examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
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