title: Effect of bimedial rectus recession with a loop on the deviation in essential infantile esotropia.
abstract: Thirty-two patients with essential infantile esotropia were treated by using a 2.5 millimeter loop, added to a 4 millimeter medial recti recession bilaterally. Objective deviation was more than 45 prism diopters (PD) in all of the patients preoperatively. After surgery the deviation ranged between -10 PD and +IO PD in 26 (81.2%) patients, and limitation of abduction disappeared in all of the cases. A slight limitation of adduction was encountered in two (6.2%) patients. The authors concluded that bimedial rectus recession with a loop is an effective method as an early surgical procedure in patients with infantile esotropia with a large deviation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pamukçu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akkin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cengiz