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Other options for strabismus management are vision therapy and occlusion therapy, corrective glasses (or contact lenses) and prism glasses, and strabismus surgery. The effects that are due only to the toxin itself (including the side effects) generally wear off within 3 to 4 months.
Strabismus is a vision disorder in which the eyes do not align properly when looking at an object. It can cause double vision, amblyopia, and psychosocial difficulties. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and history of strabismus.
A Cochrane Systematic Review compared several surgical treatments (myectomy, recession, anterior transposition, disinsertion) in people with fourth nerve palsy. [7] While there was not enough high-quality evidence to recommend the best surgical treatment, all four types of surgery did result in a reduction of hypertropia. [7]
What are the symptoms of strabismus? Alexander Solomon, MD , surgical neuro-ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, Calif., said double vision is ...
Strabismus surgery (also: extraocular muscle surgery, eye muscle surgery, or eye alignment surgery) is surgery on the extraocular muscles to correct strabismus, the misalignment of the eyes. [1] Strabismus surgery is a one-day procedure that is usually performed under general anesthesia most commonly by either a neuro- or pediatric ...
The management of strabismus may include the use of drugs or surgery to correct the strabismus. Agents used include paralytic agents such as botox used on extraocular muscles , [ 1 ] topical autonomic nervous system agents to alter the refractive index in the eyes, and agents that act in the central nervous system to correct amblyopia.
CPEO stands for chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, a condition that affects the ability to move the eyes and eyebrows. It is often associated with other symptoms of mitochondrial disease, such as muscle weakness, hearing loss, and retinal abnormalities.
The prism cover test (PCT) is an objective method to measure ocular misalignment or strabismus. It involves using prism bars, occluder and targets to neutralise the deviation and record the angle and base of the prism.