| Abstract | A 16-year-old girl presented with a large-angle exotropia due to congenital third nerve palsy. She had undergone recession/resection surgery as a child. A nasal transposition of the superior oblique and the lateral rectus produced some improvement but the result was still cosmetically unacceptable. Subsequent surgery to permanently secure the globe to the medial orbital wall using an intraoperatively adjustable nonabsorbable traction suture produced a satisfactory outcome. |
| Authors | Justin Mora
(Affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Auckland Hospital and Auckland Eye, Auckland, New Zealand. admin at aucklandeye.co.nz)
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| Journal | Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
(Clin Experiment Ophthalmol)
Vol. 32
Issue 5
Pg. 460-1
(Oct 2004)
ISSN: 1442-6404 Australia |
| PMID | 15498054
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Adolescent
- Exotropia
(surgery)
- Female
- Humans
- Oculomotor Muscles
(surgery)
- Oculomotor Nerve Diseases
(surgery)
- Orbit
(surgery)
- Suture Techniques
- Vision, Binocular
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