Journal Reviews

Surgery for lost inferior rectus muscle

1 August 2019 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Anterior transposition of inferior oblique, lost inferior rectus muscle, superior rectus recession

This prospective study evaluated the impact of simultaneous ipsilateral superior rectus (SR) recession and superior rectus (IO) anterior transposition on the primary position alignment in six patients with traumatic loss of the inferior rectus (IR) muscle. Five males and one...

Nishida procedure for VIcnp

1 August 2019 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Sixth nerve palsy, abduction limitation, tenotomy, transposition

This study reports results in treatment of complete sixth nerve palsy (VIcnp) by modified Hummelscheim (Nishida’s) procedure; vertical muscle halves after splitting were secured with anchoring sutures to the sclera with anchoring of only the temporal muscle margins to the...