TY - JOUR
T1 - Measured Tendon Lengthening
AU - Klein, Richard M.
AU - Muchnick, Richard S.
AU - Raskind, Richard H.
PY - 1974/10
Y1 - 1974/10
N2 - The relative frequency of scleral perforation during strabismus surgery and its definite, though small incidence of serious complications suggest that marginal myotomy should have a definite role in muscle weakening. Yet it is seldom used, mainly because of the difficulty in grading the amount of weakening as can be done with a recession. As an alternative to marginal myotomy or recession in patients with abnormally thin sclera, we have used a measured tendon-lengthening procedure that combines the smoothly graded and predictable responses of recession with the safety of marginal myotomy.
AB - The relative frequency of scleral perforation during strabismus surgery and its definite, though small incidence of serious complications suggest that marginal myotomy should have a definite role in muscle weakening. Yet it is seldom used, mainly because of the difficulty in grading the amount of weakening as can be done with a recession. As an alternative to marginal myotomy or recession in patients with abnormally thin sclera, we have used a measured tendon-lengthening procedure that combines the smoothly graded and predictable responses of recession with the safety of marginal myotomy.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1974.01010010319011
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1974.01010010319011
M3 - Article
C2 - 4606792
AN - SCOPUS:0016283463
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 92
SP - 309
EP - 311
JO - Archives of Ophthalmology
JF - Archives of Ophthalmology
IS - 4
ER -