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. 1981 Jan;16(1):27-9.

Extraocular muscle recession with a suture loop in dogs

R M Lang, W G Pearce
  • PMID: 7008923

Extraocular muscle recession with a suture loop in dogs

R M Lang et al. Can J Ophthalmol. 1981 Jan.

Abstract

Extraocular muscle recessions with loops of silk suture were performed in 10 dogs. When, after a 5-mm section of the medial rectus muscle was resected, suture loops 5 mm long were inserted near the functional equator (8 mm behind the muscle's original insertion) an effective pseudotendon was produced in 71% of the eyes. This procedure may be a useful addition to the surgical methods of correcting horizontal strabismus.

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