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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2015

Medial rectus muscle elongation, a technique to treat very large-angle esotropia.

Ahmad Ameri, Mohammad Reza Akbari, Ali Reza Keshtkar Jaafari, Masoud Aghsaei Fard, Bahram Eshraghi, Vida Tavakoli, Arash Mirmohammadsadeghi

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Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Ahmad AmeriFarabi Eye Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Reza Akbari
Ali Reza Keshtkar Jaafari
Masoud Aghsaei Fard
Bahram Eshraghi
Vida Tavakoli
Arash Mirmohammadsadeghi
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRFarabi Hospital · IR

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purposeThe purpose was to describe the medial rectus muscle elongation (MRE) procedure to treat very large-angle esotropia (ET) with surgery on a lower number of muscles.

methodsTwenty patients with very large-angle ET (more than 70 PD) underwent the MRE procedure. In the MRE procedure, the muscle was split longitudinally into three parts. The wider central part was sutured with 6/0 vicryl and disinserted. The distal end of the peripheral parts (still attached to the original insertion), 7-9 mm away from the insertion, was sutured to the proximal end of the central part. At the end of the procedure, the distance of the anastomosis site from the insertion was named as the final elongation. The dose-response effect of the final elongation was calculated in bilateral MRE cases. The mean of the dose-response effect, obtained in the binocular surgery group, was used in the monocular surgery group to calculate the resection effect of lateral rectus (LR) muscle.

resultsEleven patients underwent bilateral MRE and nine patients underwent unilateral MRE and LR muscle resection. The mean preoperative far and near deviation was 94.10 ± 19.33 PD. The mean postoperative deviation was 14.60 ± 18.07 PD for far and 14.50 ± 18.23 PD for near deviation. In bilateral MRE cases, the mean dose-response effect of the elongation was 5.53 ± 0.67 PD/mm for far and 5.58 ± 0.69 PD/mm for near deviation. The mean LR muscle resection effect was 6.41 ± 1.99 PD/mm for far and 6.28 ± 1.93 PD/mm for near deviation.

conclusionThe MRE procedure seems an acceptable method to treat very large-angle ET with surgery on a lower number of muscles.

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Ophthalmologic Surgical ProceduresAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolEsotropiaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOculomotor MusclesProspective StudiesSuture TechniquesTenotomyVision, BinocularVisual Acuity

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