One-Muscle Strabismus Surgery: A Review

Classic treatment for exotropia is bilateral lateral rectus recession or recession of the lateral rectus muscle along with resection of the ipsilateral medial rectus muscle. A similar process for esotropia is usually either a bilateral recession or a recession and resection. Unilateral rectus muscle surgery has been reported in the literature1 –28 and many of these studies show that this procedure is safe and equally effective in small to moderate deviations. However, many surgeons do not perform this surgery because of a concern of incomitance and undercorrection. This review focuses on

Source: Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - June 19, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Jake Gurland, MD Source Type: research