SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS

Forty-three patients with congenital nystagmus who underwent surgery in the Ocular Motility Clinic at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, are analysed to assess the effect of different surgical approaches on the abnormal head posture and binocular visual performance. There were 38 patients with a horizontal head turn, and five with a vertical abnormal head posture. In those undergoing horizontal nystagmus surgery the different...