Journal Reviews

Surgical technique for small-angle hypertropia

3 October 2022 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Diplopia, inferior oblique muscle belly transposition with myopexy, mild-to-moderate upshoot in adduction, small angle hypertropia

In order to treat small-angle hypertropia of <5PF associated with mild / moderate upshoot in adduction, an option is to suture the inferior oblique (IO) belly to the sclera following its natural muscle direction or with anterior transposition. This study...

A case report of bidirectional aberrant upward eye movement

1 February 2016 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Divergence, innervation, oblique muscle, oculomotor nerve, rectus muscle

The authors present a case report of a 14-year-old boy with left ptosis and strabismus since childhood. In primary position he had left hypotropia with ptosis. On elevation of the right eye, the left eye depresses and adducts. Conversely, on...