title: Doyne Memorial Lecture, 1977. The superior oblique tendon.
abstract: New concepts concerning the anatomy of the tissues surrounding the superior oblique tendon are presented. A safe visual approach to the tendon after its penetration through Tenon's capsule is described. The various surgical procedures and techniques developed to weaken the overacting superior oblique muscles associated with A pattern and the taut superior oblique muscle found in Brown's syndrome are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D013710:Tendons / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery