Asunto(s)
Personas con Discapacidad/legislación & jurisprudencia , Agencias Gubernamentales/legislación & jurisprudencia , Asistencia Pública/legislación & jurisprudencia , Trastornos de la Visión/rehabilitación , Actividades Cotidianas , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Niño , Personas con Discapacidad/rehabilitación , Agencias Gubernamentales/organización & administración , Servicios de Atención de Salud a Domicilio/legislación & jurisprudencia , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Programas Nacionales de Salud/organización & administración , Asistencia Pública/organización & administración , Bienestar Social , EspañaRESUMEN
CASE REPORT: A female patient underwent laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in both eyes. The final degree of astigmatism in her left eye was double the preoperative value due to an error in data management. Complex surgery to both eyes was necessary to resolve the mistake. DISCUSSION: Complications in refractive surgery can occur, however errors in data management must be minimized by double-checking. Solutions to resolve the errors made can be difficult and the entire staff must share responsibility to avoid these undesirable outcomes.
Asunto(s)
Astigmatismo/cirugía , Queratomileusis por Láser In Situ/efectos adversos , Errores Médicos , Topografía de la Córnea , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Complicaciones Posoperatorias , Reoperación , Factores de Tiempo , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
PURPOSE: We present a case of a 62 year-old woman, with a single eye functional vision (VA of 0.16) who improved her vision after following a vision rehabilitation program, which included optical and non-optical devices for daily performance. CONCLUSIONS: A correct optometric evaluation and a training program are key factors to improve quality of life in low vision patients, whose ocular pathology allows no other treatment.
Asunto(s)
Degeneración Macular/rehabilitación , Desprendimiento de Retina/rehabilitación , Baja Visión/rehabilitación , Femenino , Humanos , Degeneración Macular/complicaciones , Persona de Mediana Edad , Recuperación de la Función , Desprendimiento de Retina/complicaciones , Baja Visión/etiologíaRESUMEN
PURPOSE: To verify the efficacy a treatment for the rehabilitation of vision in our Unit for Clinical Low Vision in the testing of improvements in patient's efficiency for daily life activities. MATERIAL AND METHOD: 80 patients were studied. Ophthalmologic and optometric evaluation followed by a customised vision rehabilitation program were performed according to patient's immediate needs. In a second stage a telephoned questionnaire was filled in order to record efficacy of prescribed visual aids in their own environment. RESULTS: Rehabilitation training resulted in 89% of patients showing improvement in their quality of life in both fields; functional and psychological. 85% of patients showed improvement in near activities and 35% in far activities. DISCUSSION: A correct and specialised low vision refraction and a posterior vision rehabilitation training in the use of optical and non optical aids show increase in quality of life in patients with severe visual deficiencies.