Prevalence and types of strabismus in cerebral palsy: A global and historical perspective based on a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Strabismus is more frequent in cerebral palsy (CP) than in the normal population, but reports differ how much it is increased. We here examined the global prevalence and types of strabismus in CP, whether esotropia or exotropia is more frequent, and whether the prevalence differs between ethnicities and/or country income levels, and between generations.

Methods

We compiled in a systematic review and meta-analysis the results of 147 CP studies that report the prevalence of strabismus or the ratio of esotropia to exotropia, and we conducted subgroup analyses for region (income level) and ethnicity. We performed a pooled analysis for the CP strabismus prevalence, and estimated the global number of CP cases with strabismus.

Results

The pooled prevalence of strabis

SUBMITTER: Herron MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10854329 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature