Mir Ali Shah, Salim Khan, Shad Mohammad.
Management of childhood Squint.
J Postgrad Med Inst Jan ;17(1):57-61.

Objectives: To evaluate the outcome of various modalities of treatment of childhood squint. Material And Methods: The study was conducted from November 1994 to August, 1996 at the Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. A standard proforma was designed. After complete history and ocular examination; glasses, occlusion and surgery was advised accordingly. These children were reexamined after one month for glasses and on weekly, monthly and three monthly intervals after surgery. Results: Out of these 50 patients 54% were males and 46% were females with the age range of 6 months and 16 years. The majority needed glasses, followed by surgery and occlusion. Improvement in visual acuity and fusion was observed and acceptable visual alignment was seen in most of the patients. Conclusions: A good number of patients can be managed with the use of proper glasses alone and improvement in visual acuity and binocular single vision (BSV) can be achieved with early recognition of the disease and timely intervention.

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