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Management of Central Sensory Deficits Following Trauma

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Cindy Pritchard, C.O., Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, 200 Henry Clay Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118.

Trauma can disrupt single binocular vision by interfering with the sensory requirements for fusion. Injuries to the eye that can interfere with sensory fusion by disrupting the fusion stimulus (image) are discussed. Central disruptions of fusion that can occur with head injury are described along with diagnostic techniques and management strategies for the associated diplopia.

Key words: sensory fusion disruption, trauma, diplopia