Medial rectus muscle anchoring in complete oculomotor nerve palsy.
The management of exotropia resulting from complete oculomotor nerve palsy is challenging. Conventional therapeutic interventions, including supramaximal resection and recession, superior oblique tendon resection and transposition, and several ocular anchoring procedures have yielded less-than-adequate results. Here we describe a novel surgical technique of anchoring the medial rectus muscle to the medial orbital wall in combination with lateral rectus disinsertion and reattachment to the lateral orbital wall.
Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon Hospital, Korea.
Si Hyung
SH
Lee
Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon Hospital, Korea. Electronic address: jhchang@schmc.ac.kr.
Jee Ho
JH
Chang
D002648:Child; D005099:Exotropia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D011126:Polypropylenes; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures
D011126:Polypropylenes