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Article Dans Une Revue British Journal of Ophthalmology Année : 2010

The Psychosocial Effects of Adult Strabismus - A Review

Carmel P Noonan
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Ian B Marsh
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Summary Correction of adult strabismus is not a cosmetic procedure but one that restores normality to an individual's appearance that has been altered by a disease process. Two fundamental principles underpinning facial attractiveness are symmetry and averageness – manifest strabismus effects both of these giving an unconscious signal of poor genetic history. The presence of manifest strabismus adversely affects many aspects of patients' lives including finding a partner, job prospects, interaction with peers and may manifest more seriously as psychiatric disorders. Surgical correction has been shown to be safe and effective for the functional problems of strabismus in adults but the hugely positive effects on the psychosocial aspects are only now becoming apparent. The advent of a new adult strabismus specific quality-of-life questionnaire and its subsequent validation will make this quantification of improvement easier. The wider medical community and the public at large should be made aware of the benefits of corrective strabismus surgery in adults.
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hal-00577963 , version 1 (18-03-2011)

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Jonathan M Durnian, Carmel P Noonan, Ian B Marsh. The Psychosocial Effects of Adult Strabismus - A Review. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010, 95 (4), pp.450. ⟨10.1136/bjo.2010.188425⟩. ⟨hal-00577963⟩

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