I would not dispense progressive,try recommending segment bifocal and put seg. ht. 2mm below HCL.
Best regards,
Optom
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I would not dispense progressive,try recommending segment bifocal and put seg. ht. 2mm below HCL.
Best regards,
Optom
Shanbaum you are correct on Rx being in French and bifocal. We did not dispense it but I guess this prescription was positive powered all through recalling from experience. There are refractionists...
Spexvet said:
"So what do you call the system where what we know as PL +0.75 X 180 is written "180 degree symbol +.75"? And where did this type of Rx notation come from?"
Hello,
This is not a...
Hello drk,
T.A.B.O system of protector axis notation on optical prescriptions was put in place by the International Council of Ophthalmologist as standard notation for axes, I think sometimes in...
drk said:
Anyone remember something called "TABO notation"? We learned it briefly in opt college as an obsolete Rx notation. Is that what this may be?
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This prescription is not in...
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Hello Johns,
You probably were in"sober"condition:) there should be similar eye chart for female patients too right?;)
Best regards,Optom
Hello,
http://www.menshealth.com/eyechart/index.html
A smart eye chart for your male patients:D
Have safe holidays:cheers:
Best regards,
Shabbir
Hello,
Can it mean visual angle in another language? guessing...:hammer:
Best regards,
Optom
Hello,
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Thank you very much everyone for sharing your experiences, surely now I am going to make better choice of multifocal lenses in exceptional cases.
Best regards,
Optom
Hello all,
This patient lost her left eye to fire work displays decennium ago. I did not find it necessary to measure her near PD since she is monocular for long time now (please correct me if...
Order sent for poly kodak concise, noted percepta for future consideration, does it work well with small frames?
Rgds,
Optom
Shanbaum I do not know of professional surfacing lab in Africa (not sure of South Africa). Our office usually places orders to a lab in Dubai.
Yes, I have put remark on customer rx for poly or...
Hello,
I refracted 56 yrs old monocular patient this afternoon.
Her prescription is:
R: Plano/-1.00DC X 080 ADD 2.50DS
L: Plano(Artificial Eye).
Hello,
I refracted 56 yrs old monocular patient this afternoon.
Her prescription is:
R: Plano/-1.00DC X 080 ADD 2.50DS
L: Plano(Artificial Eye).