title: Squint--what to do and when.
abstract: Squint is unfortunately a neglected subject in our country. It is considered only a cosmetic problem without realising that any manifest squint is a one eyed blindness which results in lack of binocular vision. Consequently there is no stereopsis. The management should be undertaken at the earliest possible age when development of uni-ocular as well as binocular vision is taking place. Once the visual system is mature, only cosmetic appearance can be improved, but not the vision.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prakash
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013483:Superstitions; D014787:Vision Tests; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D015349:Vision, Monocular