title: Bilateral combined resection and recession of the medial rectus muscle for convergence excess esotropia.
abstract: Five patients with true convergence excess esotropia were surgically managed with combined resection and recession of the medial rectus muscles. This technique was chosen to address the near/distance angle disparity. The use of this surgical technique produced full asymptomatic binocular control at near and distance fixation in four patients. One patient developed a consecutive exotropia but regained full binocular control following a second surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Ophthalmology, Warrington, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Balasubramanian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramasamy
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: Kath
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Whitfield
authors.forename: Harish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Carmel P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Noonan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003290:Convergence, Ocular; D004948:Esotropia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D015348:Vision, Binocular