Complex Strabismus Pearls
Complex Strabismus Pearls Laura B. Enyedi, MD GENERAL PEARLS FOR COMPLEX STRABISMUS If you do not know which surgery to perform, select the one that is easier and/or has fewer…
Adult Strabismus Surgery: Special Considerations
Adult Strabismus Surgery: Special Considerations Matthew D. Gearinger, MD PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Adult strabismus patients are more likely to have had prior ocular surgery and experience diplopia than pediatric patients. In…
Imaging in Strabismus
Imaging in Strabismus Mays A. El-Dairi, MD DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS Strabismus is a common presentation for intracranial pathology. Before deciding on surgery in strabismus, it is important to rule out an…
Sensorimotor Considerations for Strabismus Surgery
Sensorimotor Considerations for Strabismus Surgery Namita Kashyap, CO PRE- AND POSTOPERATIVE SENSORIMOTOR MANAGEMENT Ocular misalignment, diplopia, and/or visual confusion can occur for many reasons pre- and postoperatively and need to…
Strabismus Surgery Complications
Strabismus Surgery Complications Jill C. Rotruck, MD INTRODUCTION All surgeries carry risks and may have unexpected outcomes. Fortunately, severe complications in strabismus surgery are rare. It is important to understand…
Pharmacologic Management of Strabismus
Pharmacologic Management of Strabismus Jeffrey S. Hunter, MD Pharmacologic treatments may offer nonsurgical alternatives to surgery for pediatric and adult strabismus/motility disorders.1 MIOTICS / PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS (ECHOTHIOPHATE IODIDE [0.125%]) These drugs…
Nystagmus Surgery
Nystagmus Surgery Eniolami O. Dosunmu, MD PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Indications for surgical intervention: Correct an abnormal head posture (AHP)—a consistent anomalous head turn, tilt, and/or chin position. The goal is to…
Duane Retraction Syndrome
Duane Retraction Syndrome Tanya Glaser, MD Laura B. Enyedi, MD PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Duane retraction syndrome (DRS) is a spectrum of eye motility disorders caused by misinnervation of the lateral rectus…
Paralytic Strabismus
Paralytic Strabismus Jared E. Duncan, MD PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Paralytic strabismus refers to a group of eye muscle impairments that results from innervation interruption to the third, fourth, and/or sixth cranial…
Pattern Strabismus
Pattern Strabismus Michelle S. Go, MD Laura B. Enyedi, MD PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Clinical evaluation should include measurement of deviation in multiple positions of gaze with particular attention to the difference…
