[Use of botulinum toxin in strabismus]

Autor: B, Wabbels
Jazyk: němčina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft. 113(7)
ISSN: 1433-0423
Popis: Botulinum toxin can be a useful tool for treating acute sixth nerve palsy and excessive eye deviations due to unstable Graves' disease, when surgery is not yet possible. The diagnostic injection for estimation of possible postoperative double vision also makes sense. In convergence spasms, periocular botulinum toxin injections can be a therapeutic option. Botulinum toxin is not a first line option in infantile esotropia without binocularity or in adult horizontal strabismus. Side effects include ptosis and vertical deviations.
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