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Strabismus in children with cerebral palsy.

N S Levy, B Cassin, M Newman

    Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology
    |March 1, 1976
    PubMed
    Summary

    Strabismus in children with cerebral palsy (CP) often shows no significant change without surgery. While medical and optical treatments are ineffective, surgical therapy provides cosmetically acceptable results, regardless of surgical age.

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    Area of Science:

    • Ophthalmology
    • Pediatric Neurology
    • Rehabilitation Medicine

    Background:

    • Cerebral palsy (CP) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder.
    • Strabismus, or eye misalignment, frequently co-occurs in children with CP.
    • The efficacy of different treatment modalities for strabismus in CP remains an area of clinical interest.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the natural progression of strabismus in children with cerebral palsy.
    • To assess the effectiveness of non-surgical (medical, optical) and surgical interventions for strabismus in this population.
    • To determine if the age of surgical intervention impacts outcomes in pediatric cerebral palsy patients with strabismus.

    Main Methods:

    • Retrospective chart review of 108 patients with cerebral palsy (CP) and strabismus.
    • Analysis of strabismic deviation changes over a follow-up period of up to four years in patients receiving no surgical therapy.
    • Evaluation of outcomes for patients treated with medical and optical means alone.
    • Assessment of cosmetic and functional results following surgical correction in eight patients, noting age at surgery.

    Main Results:

    • No significant change in strabismic deviation was observed in CP patients who did not undergo surgery over a four-year period.
    • Medical and optical therapies alone did not lead to improvement in strabismus.
    • Surgical therapy was effective in achieving cosmetically acceptable results for strabismus in children with CP.
    • The age of surgery (ranging from 2.5 to 13 years, average 6.5 years) did not appear to affect the cosmetic or functional outcome.

    Conclusions:

    • Strabismus in children with cerebral palsy may not spontaneously improve and is unresponsive to non-surgical treatments.
    • Surgical intervention is an effective method for correcting strabismus in this population, yielding satisfactory cosmetic results.
    • The timing of surgical correction does not seem to influence the long-term cosmetic or functional success in pediatric cerebral palsy patients.

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