ALTHOUGH it has been recognized for a considerable time that operation on a strabismus co-existing with nystagmus may have a beneficial effect on the nystagmus, it does not appear to have been until 1953 that work was published relating to operation on cases of nystagmus with the direct intention of improving this condition. Then, from three different continents within a short time, separate re...

The conventional exposure of a horizontal rectus muscle is through conjunctival and Tenon's capsule incisions directly over the muscle. This results in a visible scar and in some patients is conspicuously unattractive. Therefore, a surgical method that hides the scar behind the eyelid should be welcomed by both the surgeon and patient. To accomplish this objective the medial and lateral rectus ...

In cases of extropia with an exodeviation angle over 50 prism diopter (PD), a 3- or 4-muscle surgery is a rational option. But, in patients with sensory exotropia, there is usually a strong preference for a monocular procedure to avoid surgery on the single seeing eye. Thus, we confined surgery to visually poor eyes, and performed a medial rectus muscle resection with a mean of 10.3 mm (range, ...

To the Editors: Y splitting for the treatment of up or down shoots in Duane’s syndrome was first described by Jampolsky in 1980.1 Apart from Y splitting of the lateral rectus muscle, the other surgical options for patients with Duane’s retraction syndrome (DRS) with up and down shoots described previously include simple lateral rectus recession combined with medial and lateral rectus muscle rec...

PURPOSE In a previous study, the authors found that recession of an extraocular muscle resulted in atrophy of both the recessed muscle and its antagonist. To determine if atrophy, caused by weakening of an extraocular muscle, results in changes in developed tension in the antagonist, the authors studied force development of the cat lateral rectus muscle after adductor weakening. METHODS Tenot...

We report a case of silicone oil migration to the lateral rectus muscle discovered during otherwise uncomplicated strabismus surgery in patient with multiple previous vitreoretinal surgical interventions. A 58-year-old female underwent correct long-standing sensory exotropia. This numerous interventions due complex history retinal detachments subsequent repairs, including inserting and removing...