Medial rectus resection(s) with adjustable suture for intermittent exotropia of the convergence insufficiency type

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-17

  Choi, Dong Gyu ^a,b   Rosenbaum, Arthur L ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; EXOTROPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035258789     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpa.2001.111137     Document Type: Article

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