title: Evaluation of macular thickness change after inferior oblique muscle recession surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to evaluate the changes in macular thickness following inferior oblique muscle recession surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-eight eyes from 21 patients undergoing ocular muscle surgery were included. Patients were grouped into three groups based on the type of surgical intervention: Group I (n = 12), inferior oblique recession surgery alone; Group II (n = 12), inferior oblique plus horizontal muscle surgery; Group III (n = 14), horizontal muscle surgery alone. Each eye was scanned using the optical coherence tomography (OCT) device preoperatively and on the first postoperative day to measure macular thickness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Following surgery, a significant increase in foveal thickness occurred in Group I (P < 0.05) and Group II (P < 0.01). In addition, a statistically significant difference was observed between the groups with regard to the increase in foveal thickness (P = 0.016), with significantly lower changes in Group III.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggested that inferior oblique muscle recession surgery is associated with an increase in macular thickness.
authors.affiliation: Haydarpasa Trainnıng and Research Hospital Ophthalmology Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ece
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turan-Vural
authors.forename: Cihan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Unlu
authors.forename: Gurkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: Aslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aykut
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bayramlar
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Atmaca
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D055815:Young Adult