Unexplained head tilt following surgical treatment of congenital esotropia: a postural manifestation of dissociated vertical divergence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strabismus surgery for congenital esotropia can be complicated by the development of a postoperative head tilt.

Purpose

To determine the pathophysiology of acquired head tilting following horizontal realignment of the eyes in children with congenital esotropia.

Materials and methods

Retrospective analysis of nine children with congenital esotropia who developed unexplained head tilts following horizontal realignment of the eyes.

Results

Shortly after strabismus surgery, each child developed a head tilt in association with asymmetrical dissociated vertical divergence (DVD). Five children maintained a head tilt toward the side of the fixing eye (group 1), which did not serve to control the DVD. Four children maintained a head tilt toward the side of th

SUBMITTER: Brodsky MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1771973 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature