[Asymmetric recession of the horizontal rectus muscles for correction of alphabetical incomitance: case report].
The authors report a case of 21-year-old man with divergent noncomitant strabismus, "V" pattern anisotropy, right inferior oblique muscle overaction and right superior oblique muscle hypofunction, which was performed under topical anesthesia an asymmetrical recession of the horizontal rectus muscles fibers to correct alphabetical incomitance. The immediate surgical outcome was considered very good (orthotropic, no "V" or "A" pattern), since the success was not obtained through conventional surgical technique.
Departamento de Oftalmologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP - São Paulo (SP), Brasil. alynegbcorrea@hotmail.com
Alyne Borges
AB
Corrêa
Tomás Fernando Scalamandré
TF
Mendonça
D016880:Anisotropy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult