Strategies for managing strabismus from oculomotor nerve palsy

Claudia Yahalom; David G Hunter; Linda R Dagi

doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2022.11.017

Strategies for managing strabismus from oculomotor nerve palsy

J AAPOS. 2023 Feb;27(1):3-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2022.11.017. Epub 2023 Jan 11.

Authors

Claudia Yahalom¹, David G Hunter², Linda R Dagi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: Linda.dagi@childrens.harvard.edu.

PMID: 36640897
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2022.11.017

Abstract

Addressing ocular misalignment secondary to partial and complete oculomotor nerve palsy presents a special challenge to the strabismus surgeon, particularly when treating patients with binocular diplopia. We review the reported surgical options and, through illustrative cases, provide our own perspective on managing this disorder.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Diplopia / surgery
Humans
Oculomotor Muscles / surgery
Oculomotor Nerve Diseases* / surgery
Retrospective Studies
Strabismus* / surgery
Vision, Binocular / physiology