Inferior oblique overaction.

Author: Bong Leen CHANG ¹ ; Sung Wook YANG
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1. Deparment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article ; Comparative Study
Keywords: inferior oblique overaction; myectomy; Z-myotomy
MeSH: Adolescent; Age Factors; Child; Child, Preschool; Eye Diseases/*surgery; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Infant; Oculomotor Muscles/*surgery; Strabismus/complications
From:Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 1988;2(2):77-81
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Inferior oblique myectomies or Z-myotomies were performed on 159 eyes of 121 patients who had an overacting inferior oblique muscle or muscles. The results were as follows; 1. Success rates were 95.5% in myectomy and 71.4% in Z-myotorny. 2. Recurrence rates were 2.7% in myectomy and 14.3% in Z-myotomy. 3. There were no other complications to include the adherence syndrome.