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ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology2025

Surgical Management of Masquerading Superior Oblique Palsy.

Qingyu Meng, Veronika Yehezkeli, Joseph L Demer

Abstract readComparative Study
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Article in American journal of ophthalmology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Functional Anatomy of Ocular Counter-Rolling in Superior Oblique Palsy.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Qingyu MengStein Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles (Q.M., V.Y., J.L.D.), Los Angeles, California, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital (Q.M.), Beijing, China.
Veronika YehezkeliStein Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles (Q.M., V.Y., J.L.D.), Los Angeles, California, USA.
Joseph L DemerStein Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles (Q.M., V.Y., J.L.D.), Los Angeles, California, USA; Department of Neurology (J.L.D.); Bioengineering Department (J.L.D.); Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program (J.L.D.), University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.. Electronic address: jld@jsei.ucla.edu.

Funding

Vision Research Core at UCLAP30EY000331 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Xian-Jie Yang · 1985 to 2026
$16.8M
BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS IN STRABISMUS SURGERYR01EY008313 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI JOSEPH Louis DEMER · 1991 to 2026
$15.0M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY000331NEI NIH HHS R01 EY008313
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare the surgical outcomes between superior oblique (SO) palsy (SOP) and masquerading SO palsy (mSOP).

designComparative interventional case series.

methodsMedical records of patients with SOP and mSOP were reviewed from 1991 to 2024. Palsy cases had maximum SO cross section in the hypertropic eye no more than 80% of that in the fellow eye, whereas mSOP cases had bilaterally symmetric SO muscles on magnetic resonance imaging. Types of surgery and effect on hypertropia were compared between groups.

resultA total of 39 patients aged 38±20 (standard deviation) years had SOP and 18 aged 36±17 years had mSOP. Maximum palsied SO cross section was 10.6±3.8 mm

conclusionClinical characteristics and surgical effect are similar in mSOP and SOP. Conventional surgeries are comparably effective in both. This suggests that mechanism beyond SO muscle function drive head tilt-dependent cylcovertical strabismus.

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Eye MovementsOculomotor MusclesOphthalmologic Surgical ProceduresStrabismusTrochlear Nerve DiseasesAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesVision, BinocularYoung Adult

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PMID39986638
PMCPMC12151327

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