[Treatment of superior oblique paresis after posterior segment surgery].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to report our experience in the treatment of patients with paresis of the superior oblique after posterior segment surgery.


METHODS
and method: Between 1997 and 1998, we cared for four cases at the ophthalmology department of the Casablanca University Hospital. All four patients were men (mean age 44 years, range 31-67 years) with vertical diplopia. Our management scheme was based on prismotherapy and intensive motor and sensory orthoptic rehabilitation.


RESULTS
A satisfactory clinical course was achieved in 3 patients after a mean 20 rehabilitation sessions. In the last case with a cyclotorsion, surgery was required after failure of medical treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Our therapeutic scheme appears to be effective only in case of deficient verticality.
El Mansouri
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Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital 20 Août 1953, Casablanca, Maroc.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications