A Retrospective Study of the Effects of Ocular Acupuncture on Ocular Motor Nerve Palsy

A Retrospective Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Relative Factors of Ocular Acupuncture in Ocular Motor Nerve Palsy Patients

This retrospective observational study is designed to assess the response to treatment with ocular acupuncture and its relative factors, in terms of diplopia status, ocular motility differences, and clinical features, in ocular motor nerve palsy patients. During this study, a retrospective data collection will be carried out using the information contained in the medical record of aimed patients, provided that the treatment with ocular acupuncture.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age over 18 years old
• Patient who received at lease 1 times of ocular acupuncture treatment
• Patient who received full set of ophthalmology & neurology assessment pre- and post-treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient who combined with extraocular muscles diseases, eg.thyroid eye disease
• patient who underwent periocular surgery
• patient who combined with congenital ocular motor nerve palsy, eg. Brown syndrome.
• patient who had untreated condition which may lead to ocular motor nerve palsy such as intracranial aneurysm and brain tumor.