A Prospective Study on the Use of Botulinum Injection and Horizontal Strabismus in Children

Abstract

Strabismus is a condition in which the eyes are not properly aligned with each other. Different treatment options are available to treat strabismus. Surgery is considered to be the cornerstone of strabismus management when all else fails. However treatment with botulinum toxin has been seen to produce good results in the short also with one study showing better results than one surgical series and atleast similar results to the other published surgical series. As the surgical intervention is a more invasive procedure, if the same effect can be achieved by the botox injection, it provides an attractive option to patients. Our research aims to probe into this better alternative and thus looking at the long term effect of botulinum toxin on patients who have binocularity potential versus those who had no binocularity.