{"id":5673,"date":"2026-06-01T07:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inof.es\/?p=5673"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:49:30","slug":"the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strabismus \u2014 a condition in which the eyes do not focus on exactly the same point \u2014 affects approximately 3% of the population and, contrary to popular belief, can be treated at any age, even in newborns. The good news is that the methods for correcting it have advanced significantly in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In the field of surgery, minimally invasive techniques and assisted surgery allow the eye muscles to be realigned with greater precision and reduce recovery times. Alongside surgery, botulinum toxin has established itself as a very useful alternative in certain cases, particularly in children with strabismus from birth, where intervention in the first few months of life is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>Diagnosis has also taken a leap forward. Video-oculography systems based on infrared cameras measure eye deviation objectively and with great precision, requiring minimal cooperation from the patient\u2014something particularly valuable in very young children. And visual therapy increasingly relies on digital applications and virtual reality, which make treatment more bearable and allow for closer monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>The message for families is clear: the earlier it is detected, the better. An early eye examination remains the best tool for protecting vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strabismus \u2014 a condition in which the eyes do not focus on exactly the same point \u2014 affects approximately 3% of the population and, contrary to popular belief, can be treated at any age, even in newborns. The good news is that the methods for correcting it have advanced significantly in recent years. In the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,69],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-5673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-childhood-strabismus-en","category-strabismus","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century - Inof | Centro de investigaci\u00f3n y cirug\u00eda ocular<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Strabismus affects around 3% of the population and can be treated at any age, even in newborns.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century - Inof | Centro de investigaci\u00f3n y cirug\u00eda ocular\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Strabismus affects around 3% of the population and can be treated at any age, even in newborns.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Inof | Centro de investigaci\u00f3n y cirug\u00eda ocular\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OftalmologiaINOF\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-01T07:46:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-01T07:49:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dani\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f41a087e263169a04963fd245d3985d0\"},\"headline\":\"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-01T07:46:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-01T07:49:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Childhood strabismus\",\"Strabismus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/\",\"name\":\"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century - Inof | Centro de investigaci\u00f3n y cirug\u00eda ocular\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-01T07:46:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-01T07:49:30+00:00\",\"description\":\"Strabismus affects around 3% of the population and can be treated at any age, even in newborns.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png\",\"width\":900,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Centro Inof | Dra. Fdez-Agrafojo\",\"description\":\"Especialistas en estrabismo y oftalmolog\u00eda infantil\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Centro INOF de la Dra. Fdez-Agrafojo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-agrafojo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-agrafojo.png\",\"width\":721,\"height\":332,\"caption\":\"Centro INOF de la Dra. Fdez-Agrafojo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OftalmologiaINOF\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inof_agrafojo\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dora-fern\u00e1ndez-agrafojo\/?ppe=1\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOK86vawyDB209S0-i8dFDg\/playlists\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f41a087e263169a04963fd245d3985d0\",\"name\":\"Dani\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/175e9fccb14abcf750662698f4f2658e162178a1e72111ab59c81bb67b3eb6e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/175e9fccb14abcf750662698f4f2658e162178a1e72111ab59c81bb67b3eb6e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dani\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century - Inof | Centro de investigaci\u00f3n y cirug\u00eda ocular","description":"Strabismus affects around 3% of the population and can be treated at any age, even in newborns.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century - Inof | Centro de investigaci\u00f3n y cirug\u00eda ocular","og_description":"Strabismus affects around 3% of the population and can be treated at any age, even in newborns.","og_url":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/","og_site_name":"Inof | Centro de investigaci\u00f3n y cirug\u00eda ocular","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OftalmologiaINOF\/","article_published_time":"2026-06-01T07:46:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-01T07:49:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Dani","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dani","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/"},"author":{"name":"Dani","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f41a087e263169a04963fd245d3985d0"},"headline":"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century","datePublished":"2026-06-01T07:46:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-01T07:49:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/"},"wordCount":195,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png","articleSection":["Childhood strabismus","Strabismus"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/","url":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/","name":"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century - Inof | Centro de investigaci\u00f3n y cirug\u00eda ocular","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png","datePublished":"2026-06-01T07:46:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-01T07:49:30+00:00","description":"Strabismus affects around 3% of the population and can be treated at any age, even in newborns.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/estrabismo-bebe.png","width":900,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/the-treatment-of-strabismus-enters-the-21st-century\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The treatment of strabismus enters the 21st century"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/","name":"Centro Inof | Dra. Fdez-Agrafojo","description":"Especialistas en estrabismo y oftalmolog\u00eda infantil","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#organization","name":"Centro INOF de la Dra. Fdez-Agrafojo","url":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-agrafojo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/inof.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-agrafojo.png","width":721,"height":332,"caption":"Centro INOF de la Dra. Fdez-Agrafojo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OftalmologiaINOF\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inof_agrafojo\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dora-fern\u00e1ndez-agrafojo\/?ppe=1","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOK86vawyDB209S0-i8dFDg\/playlists"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f41a087e263169a04963fd245d3985d0","name":"Dani","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/175e9fccb14abcf750662698f4f2658e162178a1e72111ab59c81bb67b3eb6e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/175e9fccb14abcf750662698f4f2658e162178a1e72111ab59c81bb67b3eb6e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dani"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5674,"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5673\/revisions\/5674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5673"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inof.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=5673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}