Sixteen patients with large angle infantile esotropia with deviations of 80-90 prism dioptres were operated at the age of about 2 years. All patients underwent 8 mm bilateral medial rectus recessions. At the last follow up examination, 6 to 48 months postoperatively (average 16.3 months), successful horizontal alignment was achieved in 12 patients (75%). Four patients (25%) were undercorrected....

A 19-year-old boy developed an adduction deficit after bilateral radiofrequency ablation of the inferior turbinate and septoplasty. Postoperative imaging disclosed an intact medial orbital wall and high T2 signal and enlargement of the medial rectus. Within 3 months, the motility deficit had resolved. This manifestation is attributed to injury of the medial rectus from radiofrequency ablation a...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the results of symmetric and asymmetric surgery and responses to surgical amounts in patients with infantile esotropia. MATERIALS AND METHODS The records of patients with infantile esotropia who underwent bilateral medial rectus recession (symmetric surgery) and unilateral medial rectus recession with lateral rectus resection (asymmetric surgery) were analyzed. The resu...

purpose: to compare the results of conventional hang-back technique (chbt) with that of anchored hang-back technique (ahbt) for bilateral lateral rectus (lr) recession in patients with exotropia. methods: in this randomized clinical trial, 60 patients underwent chbt (group 1) or ahbt (group 2) for lr recession (30 patients in each group). preoperative and postoperative deviation, age, sex, the ...

AIMS To examine the postoperative stability of inferior rectus recession, with particular reference to the incidence of progressive overcorrection. METHODS The results of consecutive patients undergoing inferior rectus recession over a 3 year period were reviewed. RESULTS 21 patients underwent inferior rectus recession, using an adjustable suture technique in all but three cases. In 16 pati...

A woman aged 60 years developed a Millard-Gubler syndrome after a diagnosis of a cavernous angioma in the median and paramedian areas of the pons. In this context, she presented a right VI nerve palsy, right conjugate gaze palsy, facial palsy and left hemiparesis. To improve the complete VI nerve palsy, we planned a modified transposition approach, in which procedure we made a partial transposi...

A 73-year-old man presented with torsional diplopia. With major amblyoscope he measured 10 degrees of incyclotropia in primary position and 20 degrees of incyclotropia in downgaze. The patient had undergone temporal transposition of the left inferior rectus muscle in order to reduce incyclotropia in downgaze. Postoperatively, incyclotropia was reduced to 8 degrees. However, he complained horizo...