Intermittent exotropia: Comparative surgical results of lateral recti-recession and monocular recess-resect

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-432

  Batista Fiorelli, Vanessa Macedo ^a,c   Goldchmit, Mauro ^b   Uesugui, Carlo Fumiaki ^b   Souza Diaz, Carlos ^b  

^a Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b Strabismus Section   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Exotropia surgery; Oculomotor muscles; Ophthalmologic surgical procedures; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349034969     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492007000300008     Document Type: Article

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