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Superior oblique myectomy and trochlectomy in recurrent superior oblique myokymia. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1988;226(2):145-7

Date

01/01/1988

Pubmed ID

3360341

DOI

10.1007/BF02173303

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0023841051 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   8 Citations

Abstract

In patients operated on for superior oblique myokymia with superior oblique tenotomy or tenectomy, symptoms of oscillopsia recur in approximately one-half. Failure of treatment may be caused by incomplete transection of the tendon or by residual attachments and postoperative adhesions between the proximal segment of superior oblique tendon and the globe which allow superior oblique muscle contractions to be partially transmitted to the globe. We report a patient with recurrent symptoms of superior oblique myokymia following superior oblique tenectomy who was successfully managed with superior oblique myectomy and trochlectomy via an anterior orbital approach.

Author List

Ruttum MS, Harris GJ

Author

Gerald J. Harris MD Professor in the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Fasciculation
Female
Humans
Oculomotor Muscles
Orbit
Recurrence
Tendons
Trochlear Nerve
Vision Disorders