title: An adjustable medial orbital wall suture for third nerve palsy.
abstract: A 16-year-old girl presented with a large-angle exotropia due to congenital third nerve palsy. She had undergone recession/resection surgery as a child. A nasal transposition of the superior oblique and the lateral rectus produced some improvement but the result was still cosmetically unacceptable. Subsequent surgery to permanently secure the globe to the medial orbital wall using an intraoperatively adjustable nonabsorbable traction suture produced a satisfactory outcome.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Auckland Hospital and Auckland Eye, Auckland, New Zealand. admin@aucklandeye.co.nz
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mora
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005099:Exotropia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D015348:Vision, Binocular