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Treatments for Strabismus
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Tags: strabismus, heterotropia, extraocular muscles, binocular vision, depth perception, treatments
Treatment goals for strabismus are to preserve vision, to straighten the eyes, and to restore binocular vision.
| | Treatment for strabismus is similar to amblyopia treatment: vision therapy including patching or visual exercises, glasses with the correct prescription or bifocal or prism correction to aid in proper focusing, eyedrops to help focus, or surgery. |
| | Surgery will correct the misaligned eyes but cannot resolve amblyopia caused by strabismus. |
| | Before scheduling a child for surgery, some eyecare practitioners inject the ocular muscles with Botox (botulinum), which temporarily relaxes the muscles. In some cases, strabismus is permanently corrected in this way. |
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