[Diagnosis and treatment of eye muscle palsies (author's transl)]

After the discussion of the clinical symptomatology of paralytic squint (diplopia, variable angle of squint, compensatory head posture etc.) the importance of modern electromyography for differentiation between myopathy (affection of the eye muscles), myastherias (affection of the neuromuscular transmission) and peripheral neurogenic palsies (affection of the peripheral neuron up to the nuclear region) is discussed. The clinical symptomatology of these affections of different levels is discussed as well as the differential diagnosis. The treatment of eye muscle palsies in principle consists in: 1. medical treatment (local and general), 2. optical treatment (glasses, occlusions, prisms etc.), 3. orthoptic treatment, 4. surgical treatment.