Visual field defects: management
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Visual field defects: management. Confrontation testing: using a red pin, Tangent screen, Goldman kinetic perimetry. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Visual field tests
- Confrontation testing: using a red pin
- Tangent screen
- Goldman kinetic perimetry
- Humphrey’s automated static perimetry (SAP)
- Frequency doubling technology perimetry (FDT)
Compensatory treatments
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Substitutive treatments
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Restitution treatments
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References
- Kedar S, Ghate D, Corbett JJ. Visual fields in neuro-ophthalmology. Indian J Ophthalmol 2011; 59:103-109.
- Bruce BB, Newman NJ. Functional visual loss. Neurol Clin 2010; 28:789-802.
- Wong SH, Plant GT. How to interpret visual fields. Pract Neurol 2015; 15:374-381.
- Howard C, Rowe FJ. Adaptation to poststroke visual field loss: a systematic review. Brain Behav 2018; 8:e01041.
