title: Surgical management of skew deviation.
abstract: There are no published data on the outcomes of realignment surgery for skew deviation. A retrospective chart review disclosed 10 patients who had undergone surgical correction of skew deviation by three surgeons at a single institution between 1991 and 2002. Nine of 10 patients had satisfactory relief of diplopia with an acceptable field of single binocular vision. Vertical rectus recession or resection was the most common procedure. Four patients required more than one procedure. For nonalternating hypertropias, resection of the inferior rectus muscle or recession of the superior rectus muscle of the hypertropic eye was successful. For alternating hypertropia, resection of both inferior rectus muscles was successful. Oblique muscle surgery was not associated with good outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA. Rmichael-siatkowski@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: R Michael
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Siatkowski
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Sanke
authors.forename: Bradley K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Farris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome