title: Split lengthening of the inferior oblique muscles.
abstract: Split lengthening of the inferior oblique muscle(s) was performed in 20 patients for the correction of V-pattern, employing bilateral or unilateral surgery. In four patients unilateral split lengthening of the inferior oblique was done for the correction of hypertropia. The average correction of V-pattern was 16.9 pd with bilateral surgery and 13.3 pd with unilateral surgery. The average correction of hypertropia was 11.8 pd with only unilateral surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, UFMG Medical School, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alvares
mesh_terms: D004948:Esotropia / Q000601:surgery; D005099:Exotropia / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques