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ICA anneurysm

by sshekhar, Aug 29, 2008 06:48AM

my mother had been detected for anneurysm of internal carotid artery. the neck was projected posteriorly .she had been operted on 2nd of this month . becoz of the anneurysm she had drooping of the right eye . and diplopia of eye has occuerd.
my question is  will the eye open , if yes then what is treatment for the diplopia of the eye
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by midasrex, Aug 29, 2008 03:24PM
To: sshekhar
Sounds as though she has a third nerve (oculomotor nerve) palsy. If it was present before the operation then the statistics are that a third resolve completely, a third improve partially and a third don't improve. If it developed after the operation then I think the outlook is a little less good.
So you basically have to wait, any improvement will take weeks and months. In the meantime you use an eyepatch to cover the eye, switch between eyes every few hours to give each one a bit of use in turn. That will manage the diplopia whist it recovers. If it doesn't recover you can either have prism glasses to try to improve it or eye surgery to try to correct it. Keep your fingers crossed, but there's nothing else to do at the moment, if it's going to improve it will, and if not, there's nothing you can do to change it's mind!

Good luck.
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