Maximal subtotal extirpation of the horizontal rectus extraocular muscles for the treatment of nystagmus with no null point. A report of four successful human cases

Binocular Vision and Strabismus Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-302

  Sinskey, Robert M ^a,c   Eshete, Almaz ^b  

^a Sinskey Eye Institute   (United States)

^b Menelik II Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Extraocular muscles; Eye movements, abnormal; Eye muscle surgery; Moebius Syndrome; Myectomy procedure; Null point, absence; Nystagmus horizontal; Strabismus surgery, extirpation of extraocular muscle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CASE REPORT; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; GAZE; HORIZONTAL RECTUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MEDIAL RECTUS MUSCLE; MYOMECTOMY; NYSTAGMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDER; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036954190     PISSN: 10886281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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