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Orthoptics (Orthoptic) Summary

Description: The study and treatment of defects in binocular vision resulting from defects in the optic musculature or of faulty visual habits. It involves a technique of eye exercises designed to correct the visual axes of eyes not properly coordinated for binocular vision.

Also Known As: Orthoptic; Pleoptic; Pleoptics

Networked: 414 relevant articles (19 outcomes, 30 trials/studies) for this Therapy

Key Diseases for which Orthoptics is Relevant

  1. Amblyopia (Lazy Eye) : 6 outcomes 10 studies in 90 results
  2. Strabismus (Squint) : 6 outcomes 4 studies in 131 results
  3. Ocular Motility Disorders (Convergence Insufficiency) : 5 outcomes 3 studies in 32 results
  4. Anisometropia : 3 outcomes 1 study in 5 results
  5. Diplopia (Double Vision) : 2 outcomes in 21 results
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Drugs Related to Orthoptics

  1. chiron
  2. Calcibiotic Root Canal Sealer
  3. Retinaldehyde (Retinal)
  4. Miotics
  5. Carbon Monoxide
  6. Leptin
  7. Troleandomycin (TAO)
  8. Steroids
  9. Tissue Plasminogen Activator (Alteplase)
  10. Neostigmine (Neostigmine Bromide)
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Therapies Related to Orthoptics

  1. Orthoptics (Orthoptic)
  2. Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK)
  3. Excimer Lasers
  4. Transplantation (Transplant Recipients)
  5. Liver Transplantation
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