title: The value of adult strabismus correction to the patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To look at the value of adult strabismus correction to the patient, to consider what is known, and to define the challenges and opportunities for helping these patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The benefits of adult strabismus correction leading to the establishment of binocularity, expansion of visual field, and improved psychosocial health are presented and supported by published studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adults with strabismus can benefit from its correction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a tremendous need to educate the medical community and the lay public that adults with strabismus can be helped with restoration of their eyes to a position of alignment for normal function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit 48201, USA.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012944:Social Support; D013285:Strabismus / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery*; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology